General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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

12.0 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

4.5 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

Ontario

City

Chalk River

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

USED IN THE 1960S

Canada

THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED BY CNRL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NRX AND NRU HIGH POWER RESARCH REACTORS & ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO. [REF 2]

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. [REF 2]

Technical

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL WARNING DOSIMETERS PRODUCED BY THE CRNL - DOSIMETER 980199 WAS SUPERSEDED BY THISDEVICE WHICH IN TURN WAS SUPERCEDED BY DOSIMETER 980201. THIS ONE IS PROABLY A PROTOTYPE WHICH MAY HAVE NEVER GONE INTO FULL PRODUCTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DYNOTAPE AFFIXED TO DEVICE READS: 'PERSONAL WARNING/ DOSIMETER AEP 5209/ ON/OFF/ PRESS TO/ TEST-RESET' 'ALARM/ DOSE - 200MR'

Missing

A 6.75 VOLT BATTERY WAS REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

UNFINISHED METAL

Decoration

N/A