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OBJECT TYPE
PERSONAL WARNING
DATE
1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1998.0199.001
MANUFACTURER
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
MODEL
AEP 2121
LOCATION
Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
NRX16796
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
16.5 cm
Width
9.0 cm
Height
7.2 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Physics
Category
Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
AECL
Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
ACCORDING TO DONOR, MFG AND USED IN THE 1960S
Canada
THIS DOSIMETER WAS DEVELOPED AND MADE AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES, THE FOREMOST NUCLEAR RESEARCH LAB IN CANADA AT THE TIME. IT WAS USED TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF STAFF WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. [REF 1]
Function
USED TO BOTH WARN THE WEARER WHO IS INADVERTENTLY EXPOSED TO RADIATION AND TO ADVISE A WEARER WORKING IN A HIGH RADIATION FIELD WHEN HE HAS REACHED THE ALLOWED LIMIT OF EXPOSURE AND MUST WITHDRAW.
Technical
THE DEVICE WAS DESIGNED BY CRNL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TOTHE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NRX AND NRU HIGH POWER RESEARCH REACTORS & ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
PRINTING ON FRONT: 'RESET/ ON/ ALARMS AT 210 mR/ PERSONAL WARNING DOSIMETER/ AEP 2121/ SER No NRX-16796'/ DECAL INSIDE LID: 'RHC'/ HANDWRITTEN LABELS: ' "1960"/ VERSION OF/ WARNING/ DOSIMETER' '2121 Personal/ warning dosimeter'
Missing
From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish
UNFINISHED METAL BODY WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration
N/A

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