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The xray equipment vendors have told me that xray tubes that are less than 100kV have a very low probability of damaging components. Note the "very low probability" statement - they have not seen any customer issues with xray damage but they also can't totally rule out the possibility of damage. We have been using xray equipment with a 52kV tube and we have yet to have a xray damage issue.
I've been searching to try and find something that talks specifically about possible damage from x-ray inspection and I'm hitting a silent wall. However, there's tons of information about radiation damage to electronics in space. From reading some of it, there's no question that x-ray radiation can degrade and damage electronic components. The question is how much radiation does it take to damage something.
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