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Month: March 2021

How to properly set the voltage on a Geiger counter

30 March 2021 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 due to the age of the internal components so I decided to measure it just to be sure. Unfortunately, if […]

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RAYSID – gamma spectroscopy on the go!

29 March 2021 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 spectrometer and radiation mapping/logging device all in one small package. There are 4 models with the cheapest being 300 euros […]

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10th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster

11 March 2021 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 to run its cooling system. After about 50 minutes from the initial earthquake, a massive, 14-meter tall tsunami hit Japan’s […]

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Tritium – The radioactive isotope of Hydrogen

9 March 2021 allRadioactive Leave a comment

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 isotope of Hydrogen with 2 neutrons which makes it unstable and thus radioactive. It was first discovered in 1934 by […]

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