Ratemeter, counting

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OBJECT TYPE: AMBIENT
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0203.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 5262B
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: CRNL21305
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: 19.5 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 18.0 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: PROBABLY USED IN THE LATE 1960S AND 1970S
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 COUNT THE RATE OF IONIZING EVENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AS A MEASURE OF THE INTENSITY OF THE RADIATION PRESENT.
Technical: A MEASUREMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF AMBIENT RADIATION WAS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR EXPOSURE TO WORKERS IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON FRONT PANEL: 'COUNTRATE METER/ AEP 5262B C.R.N.L. 21305'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL ON FRONT PANEL: '5262B/ Count Rate Meter/ 1969'/ PRINTED ON METER FACE: 'BACH-SIMPSON LTD. LONDON CANADA/ [3 SETS OF SCALES: 1 X 10; X 100; X 1k; X 10k]/ COUNTS/SECOND'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing cables
Finish: CASE TEXTURED LIGHT GREY MATTE FINISH; FRONT PANEL BLACK GLOSS PAINT WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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