- Author
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Atomic Energy Control Board
- Title
- Ionization Chamber Smoke Detectors. Questions and Answers.
- Coporate
- Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, Canada
- Report
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INFO-0263
March 1988
24 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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ionization detectors
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smoke detectors
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safety
- Identifiers
- Americium 241
- Abstract
- One kind of smoke detector, the ionization-type, is regulated by the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) because it uses a radioactive substance in its mechanism. Radioactivity and radiation are natural phenomena, but they are not very familiar to the average householder. This has led to a number of questions being asked of the AECB. These questions and AECB responses are outlined.