Meter, beta-gamma survey

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OBJECT TYPE: WIDE RANGE
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0217.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 5288
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: CNRL 21435
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: 28.0 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 22.0 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: THIS ONE PROBABLY USED IN THE 1970S AND 1980S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY CRNL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE NRX AND NRU HIGH POWER RESEARCH REACTORS & ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO. [REF 2]
Function: USED TO DETECT AND INDICATE LEVELS OF BETA AND GAMMA PARTICLES AS WELL AS SOUNDING AN ALARM WHEN A PREDETERMINED DOSAGE LEVEL HAS BEEN REACHED.
Technical: A COMPACT, PORTABLE DEVICE WITH GUN PISTOL HANDLE FOR EASE OF OPERATION. AN ADVANCE ON METER 980215.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON TOP PLATE: 'WIDE RANGE BETA-GAMMA/ SURVEY METER/ AEP 5288 CRNL/ To use BETA detector - / dial BETA window OPEN/ White line around probe body and [symbol ?] on/ probe end indicates centres of GAMMA/ detectors when BETA window closed/ ALARM DOSE LEVEL 240 mrad'/ PRINTING ON BACK INCLUDES: 'T.C./ LG. SH./ BETA GAMMA/ 0-100 0-1 0-10 0-100/ RESET/ DOSE/ RANGE ALARM'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL AFFIXED TO SIDE: '5288 Wide Range/ Beta Gamma/ survey meter/ 1978'/ DYNOTAPE: 'HEALTH PHYSICS CRNL' '21435'/ HANDWRITTEN: '21435'/ ON PROBE: 'OPEN/ CLOSED' 'BETA/ HI-GAMMA-LO'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: CASE: 3 SIDES GREY; BACK - SILVER WITH BLACK PRINTING; FRONTBLACK/ BLACK PROBE/ BLACK HANDLE; BLACK PANEL ON TOP WITH SILVER PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Meter, beta-gamma survey, 1978, Artifact no. 1998.0217, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0217.001/

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