From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 11:33:13 PDT
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Nuclear Weapons Material
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Timothy C. May writes:
 > When we needed sources of alpha particles, we cracked open smoke
 > detectors and took out the Americium sources.

How much alpha do you really need (he asked, wondering when somebody
will get irate and insist this thread be terminated)?  I have some
mineral specimens at home that are fairly hot (uraninite,
cuprousklodowskite, and something else similar) with (this
non-physicist thinks) mostly alpha emissions.  Such things can be had
at your next gem & mineral show, if you're lucky.


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