Nuclear Golf <fwd>

[Gibbs, S Julian]

So why are we worried about a little x ray?
Julian

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 06:36:04 -0600 (CST)
From: "Simon M. Jerome" <smj1 at npl.co.uk>
Subject: Nuclear Golf
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This may provide a little light relief. It comes from the Reader's
Digest 'Strange Stories, Amazing Facts of America's Past'.

In 1950, scientists perfected...a golf ball containing radioactive
material. With a small Geiger counter...any duffer could find his
atomic golf ball, no matter how far into the rough it had disappeared.
(The investment would pay for itself in retrieved balls)...

I suppose this would make for interesting dose calculations when you
actually found the thing!

Simon Jerome
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