Big Collection WWII Aircraft Instrument Panels and Instruments confiscated

[Huub Vink]

Originally Posted by Pim-Pouw

I wouldn't agree with this conclusion. The degree mentioned by Huub Vink : Radiation protection Decree (Besluit Stralingsbescherming) is there to protect employees.

Hi Pim, nice to meet you here as well, but I think you are wrong here. This Decree is much wider than just the employer- employee relation (In fact only chapter 7 covers occupational exposure.)

It contains the legal requirements for possession (het voor handen hebben) en working with and manufacturing (handelingen en vervaardigen), storage is seen as "working with" however storage in relation to transport isn't. The decree provides even the requirements the medical world must meet when they expose their patient to radiation.

The main reason behind this is that in the Netherlands radiation is not covered by the Enviromental Act (Wet Millieubeheer) and the Dangerous Goods Act (Wet Millieu gevaarlijke stoffen, see Article 3 from this Act). Therefore the Nuclear(energy) Act" (Kernenergiewet) and the Radiation protection Decree cover all aspects of radiation.

The base on which possession is illegal is Article 29 from the Nuclear Act, which refers to the substances defined in the Decree.

Originally Posted by Luc Vervoort

Is it not possible to remove the radium(or wathever substance) from the instruments, so that they are (almost) radium-free and no longer to be considered as dangerous ?

It is possible, however you this will be costly and can only be done by experts. And you should wonder whether the instrument still has its value as "original". I can't remember which organisation did was, but a historical organisation replaced all Radium painted dails in their aircrafts by photografic repoductions.

Regards,
Huub