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wlrun3@aol.com:

   What are the circumstances behind the origin of the phrase "piggy back beta"?






   

SloGlo:
departmental management explanation for alpha contamination in a commercial nuclear power plant in the late 70-early 80s.

illegalsmile:
I also heard it referred to at "coincidental beta" and once, even "Co-Temporal Beta".....that one had a nice poetic ring to it.

techtoolong:
good old C Y.  :).  Lots of alpha not a little.

wlrun3@aol.com:

--- Quote from: SloGlo on Sep 02, 2007, 09:14 ---departmental management explanation for alpha contamination in a commercial nuclear power plant in the late 70-early 80s.

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   Can you remember where and how the term was first used.

   Thankyou for the reply.

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