Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!sbcs!bnlux0!larese From: larese@bnlux0.bnl.gov (john z larese) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: X-Ray detectors and Tapes Message-ID: <588@bnlux0.bnl.gov> Date: 13 Jul 88 14:40:38 GMT Reply-To: larese@bnlux0.UUCP (john z larese) Distribution: na Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. Lines: 11 I have just changed my place of work and I am now working in a High security nuclear reactor. As employees, such as myself enter the building, we pass all bags through a X-Ray detector and walk through a metal detector. My question is, do any magnetic fields exist in either equipment that might be high enough to damage Mag tapes? Sorry if this isn't the right newsgroup, but this seemed to be a general question. John Larese