Monitor, radiation

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OBJECT TYPE: HIGH & LOW RANGE
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0214.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: AEP 2166
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: NRX 19674
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 30.0 cm
Width: 19.0 cm
Height: 33.5 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: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED BY CRNL 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 & ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]
Function: USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF HIGH AND LOW RANG AMBIENT RADIATION.
Technical: THIS DEVICE DETECTS AND INDICATES THE LEVEL OF HIGH AND LOW AMBIENT RADIATION. IT HAS THE FACILITY TO BE ATTACHED TO A SCALER, A RECORDER, EXTERNAL BATTERIES, AND AN EXTERNAL ALARM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON TOP: 'HIGH & LOW RANGE/ AMBIENT RADIATION MONITOR/ AEP 2166 SER. NRX 19674'/ PRINTED AROUND ATTACHMENTS: 'SCALER/ RECORDER BATTERY EXT ALARM 115 VAC'/ LABEL AFFIXED TO FRONT: 'High & Low Range/ Ambient Radiation/ Monitor (1962)'/ PRINTING ON METER INCLUDES: 'D.C. MILLIAMPERES/ L.Q. 0 [TO] 10 MR/[?]/ HI. 4 [TO] 600/ INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS'/ DYNOTAPE AROUND PROBE: 'LOW DET.'
Missing: From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Undetermined - no cables
Finish: CASE IS FINISHED WITH GREY GLOSS PAINT OVER A TEXTURED SURFACE. GREY HANDLE ON TOP. WHITEPRINTING. METER ON TOP IN BLACK CASE; WHITE DIAL PLATES WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Monitor, radiation, circa 1962, Artifact no. 1998.0214, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0214.001/

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