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A couple years ago I did a summer job as a tour guide in an old, decommissioned, uranium mine. Since then, I got really into pretty much anything to do with radioactivity.
I created this channel because I felt that there is not enough content on radioactivity. My mission is to fill this gap and create fun, entertaining and educational videos. On this channel, I’ll be covering anything to do with radiation, from Geiger counter reviews to science experiments.
I hope you will find my content interesting 🙂
Welcome back, my fellow radiation nerds! Today, we’re diving into the radioactivity and the geology of a very unique mineral called Radio-Barite. Radio-Barite is a variation of the Barite mineral, and, as the name suggests, Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds. Today we are diving deep into the world of gamma spectroscopy and how can we use it to identify different radioactive isotopes. So what is gamma spectroscopy? Gamma spectroscopy Read more…
Welcome my fellow radiation nerds! Today we explore the radioactivity and the geology of the most common Thorium mineral – Monazite! Monazite is a brownish phosphate mineral, primarily known for containing several of the rare Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds! Today we will dive deep into what is arguably one of the best radiation meter out there, the Ludlum Model 3! The history of Ludlum Meters The Ludlum Measurements, Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds! Today we will take a closer look at radioactive contamination inside of my lead pig container and try to identify the isotope behind it. Lead pigs are lead containers Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds, Today we are taking a closer look at the BetterGeiger S-2 meter and if it’s really a better geiger counter! Geiger counters are one of the most common tools Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds. Today we will explore a the radioactivity of a noble gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer, Radon 222! During my recent trip to US, I Read more…
Welcome back, fellow radiation nerds! Today, we’re diving deep into the radioactivity of ancient dinosaur fossils! My Sample During my recent trip to US, I visited the Meteor Crater which was an absolute amazing experience. Read more…
Welcome back fellow radiation nerds, today we will learn about the radioactivity of Terbium 161! Element Terbium Terbium (Tb) is a rare earth element with an atomic number of 65. It has only one naturally Read more…
Radioactivity is all around us but how do we actually measure it? You probably heard people talk about Siverts, Curies, Becquerels, Count per Minute and many other types units, but which ones should we actually Read more…
Welcome back fellow radiation nerds! Today we dive deep into what really happened in the Bayo Canyon! Bayo Canyon is located east of Los Alamos, New Mexico and it is a place of striking natural Read more…
Welcome back fellow radiation nerds, today we dive deep into the radioactivity and uses of Krypton 85! Krypton is a colourless, tasteless and odourless noble gas and it was first discovered in 1898 by Wiliam Read more…
NORM is an acronym for Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material and it covers, well, all radioactive material that occurs is nature. Some of the main elements that make up NORM are Uranium Thorium and Radium. Traces Read more…
Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds! Today we will dive deep into how to calibrate Geiger Counters so that they show true readings! If you are collector of old, vintage Geiger counters then you know Read more…
When I first moved to Berlin, someone told me that there is a radioactive metro station somewhere in the city. Since then, I was on a mission to find it but unfortunately, with little to Read more…
Introduction Today I want to show you an item that you can find in a hardware store and it is radioactive. Let’s take a closer look at the thoriated Tungsten electrodes! Main information There are Read more…
Today we will take a closer look at a radioactive, soviet switch, the BH-45M! The production of BH-45M switches started in 1945 and continues till this day, this being said, not all of those switches Read more…
Today we will explore the radioactivity and uses of Caesium 137! Caesium is probably best known for its high reactivity and low melting point of only 28.5°C and it was first discovered in 1860 by Read more…
Today we will take a closer look at another naturally occurring radioactive element, Lanthanum! Lanthanum is a rare earth element and it’s the first element in the lanthanide series. It has an atomic number of Read more…
Cobalt 60 is a radioactive isotope of Cobalt and it is produced by neutron activation of stable Cobalt 59 in nuclear reactors. Since it has a short half-life of only 5.3 years, it does not Read more…
In the 1940s, scientists and lens designers at Kodak, a world-famous camera and filmmaker, started experimenting with mixing rare earth elements into their lenses. After a series of tests, they found out that by adding Read more…
History On July 16th, 1945 the United States tested its first nuclear weapon at the Trinity test site located in the Nevada desert, New Mexico. The bomb tested there was called the Gadget and it Read more…
Uranium and Thorium along with Potassium are the most common, naturally occurring radioactive isotopes but there are also many other, lesser-known ones. One of them is Lutetium, which will be today’s main topic. Lutetium is Read more…
Introduction Small amounts of radioactive isotopes are often used in common household items. A good example of that would be 241Am in smoke alarms or 226Ra in watches but today, I want to focus on Read more…
Items generating “Negative Ions” are no strangers to this channel. In fact, my first proper video was on one of them! Today we take a closer look at another pendant but this one is pretty Read more…
Today we will take a closer look at an element that you most probably did not know was radioactive, Bismuth. Bismuth was first discovered in 1753 and is probably most famous for its very characteristic Read more…
Recently, I have acquired an Eberline 120 survey meter however since it is pretty old, I was a little bit worried that the voltage coming from the unit might be too high for the probe Read more…
Today I want t show you a device that allows you to do gamma spectroscopy on the go! Let’s take a closer look at the RAYSID Gamma spectrometer. RAYSID is a gamma compensated dosimeter, gamma Read more…
Exactly 10 years ago, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit Japan marking the beginning of one of the biggest nuclear disaster in history. The earthquake caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to switch to backup generators Read more…
Today I want to show you an element that made the use of radium 226 in paint absolute! Let’s take a closer look at Hydrogen 3 or better known as Tritium! Tritium is a radioactive Read more…
On the 26th of April, 1986, reactor number 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. As a result, a large amount of radioactive isotopes was released into the environment contaminating most of eastern Europe. Today, Read more…
Gamma-Scout is an iconic Geiger counter but is it any good? Let’s find out! Before I start, I must say that the unit that I got is not stock. It has a new battery and Read more…
Today I want to tell you how a small city located north of Berlin became the most radioactive city in Germany! Let’s take a closer look at the history of Oranienburg. In 1892 a company Read more…
Ok, this one was on my to-do list for a very long period of time. Today I’ll show you the most radioactive Geiger counter the world has ever seen. Let’s take a closer look at Read more…
Hi, Today I want to tell you a little bit about an iconic soviet Geiger counter which is probably most famous for being used during the Chernobyl accident clean-up, the DP-5V. It is primarily made Read more…
Hey guys! I hope you are doing well. Today I want to tell you a little bit about this lovely antique gamma scintillator so grab your morning coffee or evening popcorn (depends on what time Read more…
Hi, I have finally received my Quantum Scalar Energy pendant. Inside the box there was a card of authenticity and of course, the medalion which will be the main focus of this post. The pendant Read more…
Greetings fellow radiation nerds! Recently I managed to acquire an old, vintage, Polish Geiger counter from the early 70s, the DP 66M. What makes them a very interesting is the fact that they can measure Read more…