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Can tubes be radioactive?

Hi!

Buying old electronic equipment, is also buying old toxic hazards.

Cadmium, just to name one, was quite common anti-oxidant coating on steel, in old equipment.

And, I have seen many people that have bought some old gear.
Then, started to scrape or steelbrush that white cadmium crud off, without any thought of the consequences.

One thing I wonder about is, when buying stuff off that "e" version of pirate bay, where does all this old stuff come from?

If it originates from Ukraine, the first thing that comes to my mind is Chernobyl.

Everything that was welded, bolted or in any other way removable, has been removed from that town, and sold.

Same thing with Russian equipment - "came from a decommissioned sub".

Yes, it probably was a atomic one.

So, can tubes be radioactive?




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Topic - Can tubes be radioactive? - woffeldjur 04:23:05 10/28/14 (20)
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