General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE/5

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

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

24.0 cm

Width

18.5 cm

Height

27.0 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

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS WAS A PROTOTYPE DEVELOPED BY NRC IN THE LATE 1940S AS PART OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT

Canada

THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZEEP RESEARCH REACTOR & THE ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITES AT CHALK RIVERONTARIO AS PART OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT.

Function

USED TO DETECT ALPHA, GAMMA, AND BETA RADIATION PARTICLES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY GAMMA, ALPHA, AND BETA DETECTOR. ORIGINALLY CALLED "PLUTO" UNTIL AN AMERICAN VISITOR SUGGESTED NOT USING THE NAME (TOO MUCH LIKE PLUTONIUM). NEW NAME - SUPER LILI- COINED IN THE MONTREAL LAB AFTER A POPULAR FAN DANCER OF THE TIME [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'SUPERLILI/ NATONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT/ SERIAL NO. 5 MK. 1481'/ DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS: 'OFF/ FIL/ON/ H.T./ON/ CH./ON' 'ZERO ADJUST.' 'PRESS TO ZERO' '8 2000 200 20 DRIFT CAL'/ PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: '0 [TO] 30/ DOSES'

Missing

.1 APPEARS COMPLETE/ .2 ONLY PARTS OF THE UNIT - SEE COMMENTS FIELD

Finish

UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A