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OBJECT TYPE: PERSONAL WARNING
DATE: 1971
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0201.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 5248
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: CNRL21351
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: 13.0 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Height: 4.6 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: Chalk River
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE USED IN THE 1970S ACCORDING TO DONOR
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 RESEARCH 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 DOSIMETER CONSISTS OF A GEIGER COUNTER, APRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, A LOUDSPEAKER, A RESET BUTTON, AND A LONG-LIFE BATTERY POWER SOURCE. [REF 3]. IT REPLACES THE DOSIMETER 980200 ALSO DEVELOPED BY CRNL. USED TO MONITOR HEALTH OF STAFF WORKING NEAR RADIATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON BODY: '0.2R/ WARNING/ DOSIMETER/ AEP 5248/ C.R.N.L.21351' 'REMOVE/ CAP & BATTERY/ WHEN INSTRUMENT/ NOT IN USE'/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL ON END READS: '5248 Personal/ dosimeter/ replacing 5209/ 1971'/ HANDWRITTEN ON SIDE: 'HP'
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 WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Dosimeter, 1971, Artifact no. 1998.0201, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0201.001/

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