General Information

Serial #

CRNL 21369

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL AND SYNTHETIC;.2 &.3 METAL;.4METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

49.0 cm

Width

20.0 cm

Height

18.0 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

Chalk River

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Chalk River

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1970S AND 1980S

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 AND COUNT THE PULSE EMISSIONS OF BETA RAYS.

Technical

THE TWO PROBES HAVE DIFFERENT HEAD STYLES SO COULD BE USED TO DETECT RADIATION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOCATIONS, BOTH BEING NARROW THEY COULD REACH SMALL OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTING ON FRONT PANEL INCLUDES: 'FINGER-TIP BETA METER/ AEP 5265 C.R.N.L.21369/ BATTERY CHARGE/ MAX/ 400 mA FOR 7 HRS./ COUNTS/SEC. OFF RADS/HR/ RANGE/ DISPLAY TEST PROBE'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL AFFIXED TO TOP: 'FingerTip/ Beta meter/ (1975)/ 5265'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: HP CRNL/ A. R. JONES'/.2 &.3 NO MARKINGS/.4 DYNOTAPE: 'PUSH/ TO/ READ'

Missing

CARRYING STRAP From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing shoulder strap

Finish

.1 CASE IS GLOSS GREY OVER A TEXTURED SURFACE; FRONT PANEL BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING/.2 &.3 LACQUER FINISH/.4 LACQUERED; RED BUTTON

Decoration

N/A