Radiation shields for 0.2ml microfuge tubes?

[Sergio]

A couple of cheap solutions:

C Coward wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm wondering whether there're any (pref. UK) companies that sell
> beta(32P)-shielding racks for 0.2ml PCR/microfuge tubes? 

No. But maybe just a shielded container for a normal plastic rack could do the job.

Also if anyone's
> got any suggestions as to devices for opening 0.2ml tubes, keeping a bit
> of distance between the fingers & the tubes.

Hey, try a paper-clip, I've just tried and it works fine (with the proper clip 
size)...

Sergio