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To: Smokin' Joe

I think it’s not being used as an X-Ray source. The article states that it is used in the welds.


11 posted on 12/04/2007 3:41:43 PM PST by EKrusling
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To: EKrusling

They do use a radioactive source for taking x rays of welds. But not depleted uranium. The sources for metallurgical x rays are mighty strong. You wouldn’t want to be exposed to the beam.


16 posted on 12/04/2007 3:51:51 PM PST by Nik Naym (If Republicans are your problem, Democrats aren't the answer!)
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To: EKrusling
I think it’s not being used as an X-Ray source. The article states that it is used in the welds.

It's most likely iridium 192, as reported on WBAP (Rush's Dallas Ft-Worth station). It's used to *inspect* the welds.

31 posted on 12/04/2007 5:16:49 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: EKrusling

It looks like an x-ray source used to image pipe welds, like those in pipelines (hence the cable).


73 posted on 12/05/2007 7:52:26 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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