Oak Ridge Associated Universities Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum: Radithor Entry
primary document · 2010
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Curated archival entry by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum providing radiometric measurements of an original Radithor bottle (approximately 2 microR/hr above background at 1 foot; approximately 35 microR/hr on contact), biographical information on William J. A. Bailey and Bailey Radium Laboratories, the Radithor formulation specifications, and documentary excerpts from the 19 December 1931 FTC cease-and-desist order. The principal modern archival reference for the Radithor commercial-history and dose-effect record.
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The ORAU Health Physics Museum entry is the principal modern archival reference for the radiometric and commercial-history record of Radithor. The Museum is a US Department of Energy contractor and maintains the most comprehensive curated collection of period radioactive consumer products and their associated archival documentation. The radiometric measurements on the surviving Radithor bottles provide independent verification of Bailey’s claimed isotopic composition and the dose-equivalent estimation underlying the Byers exposure reconstruction. The entry includes documentary excerpts from the FTC order and the commercial-history record of Bailey Radium Laboratories.