General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC;.2 CANVAS WTIH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

17.0 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Height

10.5 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 PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S

Canada

THIS DEVISE WAS DEVELOPED AND BUILT 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 MEASURE GAMMA RADIATION AND DETECT LOW-LEVEL CONTAMINATION OF LIQUIDS. [REF 3]

Technical

A PORTABLE GAMMA RATE METER DEVELOPED THAT MET CIVIL DEFENCEREQUIREMENTS FOR AN INEXPENSIVE INSTRUMENT TO REGISTER FIELDS BETWEEN 0.2 & 500 ROENTGENS/HOUR AND DETECT LOW-LEVEL CONTAMINATION OF LIQUIDS. [REF 3].THIS ONE HAS MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE DOUGLAS PT. REACTOR [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTED ON METER: 'HIGH RANGE/ GAMMA METER/ AEP 2164'/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL AFFIXED TO METER: '2164 High Range/ Gamma Meter/ 1962'/ PRINTED ON METER DIAL FACE: 'MADE IN USA/ [0 TO 500]/ R/hr'/.2 STAMPED INSIDE LID: 'TEXTILE INDUSTRIES/ LIMITED/ GUELPH, ONTARIO/ 740'

Missing

STRAP From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing shoulder strap

Finish

.1 GREY; WHITE METER FACE WITH BLACK PRINTING; ONE RED BUTTON/.2 DARK KHAKI

Decoration

N/A