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Re: Exploranium GR-130
En/Na SBD ha escrit:
> Our military fire fighters used to have a Walter Kidde instrument for level
> detection of CO2 fire extinguishers. WIth this instruments, they
> periodically checked the CO2-level in the extinguishers. The instrument was
> used in the seventies and eighties (this fits your "20 years old" nicely).
> Its source was a 37 MBq Cs-137.
Yes, it is a Walter Kidde level detector for CO2 cylinders with a 0.7 uCi of
Cs-137 encapsulated source. Now, we'll try to return the device to the
manufacturer for disposal.
Thank you for the help of Radsafers.
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