RE: CHEAPEST GM instrument yet!!

[BRISSON Nicolas <nicolas.brisson@opri.fr>]

During the past months we had several phone calls from private individuals

who had bought this instrument.

So, in order to answer them properly we bought two of them.



You can easily detect a radioactive source thanks to this instrument, at

least if the dose rate near the source is higher than several µSv/h.

While monitoring the dose rate from food or a TV screen, the readings will

fluctuate between 0 and 0,3 µSv/h.



But in France this radiation detector can't measure beta particles or it's

not written in the ad.





Nicolas Brisson

I.R.S.N.

31, rue de l'Ecluse

78110 Le Vésinet

tel: 01-30-15-49-34





> -----Message d'origine-----

> De : Danny K. McClung [mailto:danny.mcclung@nist.gov]

> Envoyé : mardi 26 novembre 2002 13:47

> Ŕ : 'Ted de Castro'; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Objet : RE: CHEAPEST GM instrument yet!!

> 

> 

> check out the units of mcr/hr......microcuries per hour?  

> This thing has got

> one heck of a program!! hehe

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Ted de Castro

> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:12 PM

> To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: CHEAPEST GM instrument yet!!

> 

> 

> I though this might be of general interest - a $49 GM instrument.

> 

> Limited?  For sure!  Cheap? Less than the cost of a GM tube.  Useful?

> Could be.  At least the claims are realistic (ok ok - so they can't

> spell!)

> 

> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47597

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