Meter, beta-gamma survey

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1972
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0215.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 5257
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: CRNL 21372
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASE; SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS; FIBRE STRAP; METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 11.5 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: THIS ONE WAS PROBABLY USED IN THE 1970S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED 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 & THE ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO. [REF 2]
Function: USED TO DETECT AND COUNT BETA AND GAMMA PARTICLES AS WELL AS WARN, WITH AN ALARM, THE PRESENCE OF THESE PARTICLES.
Technical: THIS DEVICE CAN BE SET TO FUNCTION IN THE HIGH AND LOW BETA RANGE AND THE HIGH, MID, AND LOW GAMMA RANGE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON FRONT PANEL INCLUDES: 'ALARM/ OVER/ RANGE/ COUNTING/ FUNCTION RANGE/ BETA/ HIGH/ LOW/ STBY/ LOW/ MID/ HIGH/ GAMMA/ BETA-GAMMA/ SURVEY METER/ C.R.N.L. 21372 AEP 5257/ DOSE/ RESET/ PUSH TO/ READ'/ PRINTED ON TOP: 'DETECTOR DETECTOR/ BETA/ DISC/ CAP'/ PRINTED ON BACK: 'LOW RANGE/ DETECTOR/ HIGH RANGE/ DETECTOR' / LABEL AFFIXED TO SIDE: '5257 Beta-Gamma/ meter/ (survey)/ 1972'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: BLACK GLOSS PAINT CASE AND FRONT PANEL WITH WHITE PRINTING; BROWN STRAP
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Meter, beta-gamma survey, 1972, Artifact no. 1998.0215, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0215.001/

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