Pete Burgess

Pete Burgess

Radiation Instrumentation specialist - Retired

Pete Burgess has spent 45 years in the radiation field working for a variety of governmental agencies and industry leaders. He has been involved in everything from decommissioning buildings to reviewing the waste assessment process associated with the cleaning of the Chernobyl site.


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Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess
November 30, 2021
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Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess

In this episode Pete Burgess discusses the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian spy who defected to the UK. Why is polonium-210 a good poison? How do you make it? Why wasn’t the public scared it could happen to them? All of those questions and more are answered in this exciting episode. Visit us a...