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OBJECT TYPE: SCALER
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0213.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 900
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: NRX 1969
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: 26.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm
Height: 37.5 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: Chalk River
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED BY CRNL 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 MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION IN THE WORK PLACE.
Technical: THE SCALER REGISTERS AN OUTPUT AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF INPUT PULSES FROM RADIOACTIVITY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS MEASUREMENT PROVIDES GREATER PRECISION REGARDING THE RADIOACTIVITY PRESENT THAN A RATEMETER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON BOX LID: 'SCALING DOSIMETER/ AEP 900 SER. NRX 1969'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL AFFIXED TO SIDE: 'SCALING/ DOSIMETER/ (for environmental/ monitoring'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete (minus battery, which has already been removed)
Finish: GREYBODY; BROWN HANDLE; BLACK PROBE
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Dosimeter, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1998.0213, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0213.001/

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