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A photographic film packet to be carried by personnel, in the form of a badge, for measuring and permanently recording (usually) gamma-ray dosage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``Those of you who lived in the community, obviously didn't wander around with film badges,'' committee co-chair Dan Hirsch told the audience of about 40 people at the meeting. Some of the men were given film badges to Wear, but by no means did all of them receive these devices, which at least were meant to measure the levels of radiation to which they were exposed. A mid-1950s National Bureau of Standards test found that several laboratories erred by plus-or-minus-100 percent in their reading of film badges similar to those used at Crossoards. |
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