Some of this equipment contains microprocessors, which can store information, accept multiple sources of data, and perform logical operations, thus permitting the host device to perform advanced functions. Duke has four active accelerator facilities, four blood cell and small animal irradiators, and over two hundred biomedical research laboratories that employ radioactive materials and radiation sources. Safety operations at these facilities could be compromised if any of the approximately 500-radiation survey meters or area monitors on campus were to fail on 1 January 2000. The status of these devices is being evaluated by Radiation Safety Division personnel, using information supplied by the manufacturers and visual inspection. The Radiation Safety Division will continue to assess the date functionality of these instruments as information becomes available.
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