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Darkside | 04-20-2007 03:20 PM
Radiation detector Anyone have some experience with radiation detectors? Or are they called geiger counters or something ? I would be interested in buying one, see what kind of ambient radiation I deal with day after day. Should be high quality & pretty sensitive. What prices we talking about here?

<SLV> | 04-20-2007 03:26 PM
Re: Radiation detector Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkside (Post 579870) Anyone have some experience with radiation detectors? Or are they called geiger counters or something ? I would be interested in buying one, see what kind of ambient radiation I deal with day after day. Should be high quality & pretty sensitive. What prices we talking about here?
There aren't many good choices. I did exhaustive research on this last year. The old Civil Defense meters are best acquired here http://www.radmeters4u.com/#5. The cheap ones on E-bay need to be calibrated, and that is impossible without MAJOR radiation emitting equipment. Be prepared to shell out a few Benjamins for a good one, and even then it has a shelf life. If you get one, I don't think you want a "geiger counter" - it is too sensitive. You actually want a "survey meter" - it will let you know if the nuclear S has hit the F. (Sorry, just reread your post and see that you want a sensitive one. Then a geiger counter is what you want.) For me, I've chosen the Nukalert. It is a simple (clumbsy) key-fob like device that beeps if it detects radiation. It beeps different codes to correspond to the level of radiation. I think it is the best way to go if you just want something around to warn you if danger is heading your way - then you just have to figure out which way is the "other" way. I think it has a battery life of 10 years. Hope this helps.

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