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Month: December 2020

Review of the DP-5V aka the Chernobyl’s geiger counter

27 December 2020 allRadioactive 2 Comments

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 out of a very strong, military-grade, green plastic. Some people love the colour while others hate it. I personally am […]

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• Radiation Detectors

Universal Radiation Meter 1700

22 December 2020 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 zone you’re in) and enjoy. This unit was produced (most probably) during the 1960s in Canada by a British company […]

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• Radiation Detectors

Quantum of Science: Scalar Energy Pendant

18 December 2020 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 is made from lava stone which has a really nice mat-black colour. There is also a rubber ring around it […]

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• Household items, • Radioactive sources & isotopes

DP-66M Polish version of the soviet DP-5

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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 anything from background to extremely high levels of radiation and they are really affordable costing as low as 50 euros/bucks […]

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• Radiation Detectors

B-8 Strontium 90 Source

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Hi, It’s Xmas season so I figured I’ll give myself a little present, a strontium 90 check source! It is a B-8 check source from 1984 with the activity of 200kBq at the start. Today, 1.5 half-lives later, the activity of the check source is around 80.6kBq but it still is very radioactive! During fission, […]

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