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Photograph showing a radiation monitor in use at Harwell for checking shoes

Photograph showing a radiation monitor in use at H

Nuclear Energy
Beta-gamma survey meter type 1349A, serial no 1166, with two 30V batteries, one 15V battery and one 1.35V battery

Beta-gamma survey meter type 1349A

Nuclear Energy

1945-1955
All-metal end window Geiger-Muller tube assembly, used for radiation detection

All-metal end window Geiger-Muller tube assembly,

Nuclear Energy

1978-1995
Two sealed glass phials containing 25 grammes of heavy water - 99.8 grammes/100 grammes

Two sealed glass phials containing 25 grammes of h

Nuclear Energy
Collection of five dosemeters with charging unit, 1955 -1975; charging unit: JS catalogue no 6665-110004, serial no 10362, made in 1955

Collection of five dosemeters with charging unit,

Nuclear Energy

1955 -1975
One of five bubble Chamber Film, one reel from Streamer Chamber 1985.

Bubble Chamber Film from Streamer Chamber

Nuclear Energy

1970-1985
Indicating unit type 1852A by Avo, with probes, date of manufacture 1955-1970

Indicating unit type 1852A by Avo, with probes, da

Nuclear Energy

1955-1970
An AGR fuel element cut away to show structure by British Nuclear Fuels Limited, 1982

An AGR fuel element cut away to show structure

Nuclear Energy

1982
skull, one of five samples dated by Carbon - 14 measurements (part of ) in six pieces.

Human skull used for carbon-14 dating.

Nuclear Energy
HRMR dummy flat bar fuel element, in a wooden box.

HRMR dummy flat bar fuel element

Nuclear Energy
Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), designed and built by UKAEA and Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Harwell, 1957. (Note: ZETA is sometimes incorrectly expanded as Zero Energy Thermal Apparatus).

Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly

Nuclear Energy

1957
one of two magnox uranium fuel rod cans with a helically finned surface, used in Reactor 1, at Sizewell-A Nuclear Power Station. Polyzonal design formed by extruding and twisting.

Magnox fuel cans from Sizewell-A Nuclear Power Station, 1968

Nuclear Energy

1967-1968
Cables from rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units.

Cables from rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units

Nuclear Energy
Plutonium in air monitor 3206-2 by Rotheroe & Mitchell Ltd, serial no 082, c. 1970-1979; designed at AERE Harwell

Plutonium in air monitor 3206-2 by Rotheroe & Mitc

Nuclear Energy

1970-1979
Type M6 Geiger-Muller tube

Type M6 Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1946-48
Type G4 Pb Geiger-Muller tube

Type G4 Pb Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1950-60
Demountable type IG20 Geiger-Muller tube

Demountable type IG20 Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1968
Geiger-Muller tube in cardboard carton, GEC 2BY, 1959

Geiger-Muller tube in cardboard carton, GEC 2BY, 1

Nuclear Energy

1959
Early radiation detector employing Geiger-Muller tube; one of the early prototypes prior to the first commercial manufacture of this type in 1945.

Early radiation detector employing Geiger-Muller t

Nuclear Energy

1942
Sizewell gas fuel grab nose unit No. 48 and plywood protective box, unsigned, British, 1972-1982

Gas fuel grab nose unit No. 48 and plywood protective box

Nuclear Energy

1972-1982
Model of an irradiation rig for the Pluto reactor

Model of an irradiation rig for the Pluto reactor

Nuclear Energy
Sectioned model, scale 1:24, of the BEPO nuclear reactor

Sectioned model, scale 1:24, of the BEPO nuclear r

Nuclear Energy
Full size dummy fuel rod for Dido and Pluto Reactors, partly sectioned, used 1976-1990

Full size dummy fuel rod for DIDO and PLUTO reacto

Nuclear Energy

1975-1976
Text - Nuclear? No Thanks (with picture of sun) - ?? language

Nuclear? No Thanks

Nuclear Energy

1960s to 1970s
Nuclear? No Thanks (with picture of sun) in ??? (4cm diameter)

Nuclear? No Thanks

Nuclear Energy

1960s to 1970s
Nuclear? No Thanks (with picture of sun) in ??? (4cm diameter)

Nuclear? No Thanks

Nuclear Energy

1960s to 1970s
No Candu Hot Cargo for Argentina (5.5cm diameter)

No Candu Hot Cargo for Argentina

Nuclear Energy

1960s to 1970s
"One-inch" Ordnance Survey map, sheet 158, Oxford and Newbury, published 1959, marked for use in emergency exercise for Harwell test reactor, c1960.

"One-inch" Ordnance Survey map, sheet 158, Oxford

Nuclear Energy

1955-1965
Engineering model of jet, 1978-1982

Engineering model of jet, 1978-1982

Nuclear Energy

1978-1982
Badge, Text - Nuclear Power Breaches the Peace

Nuclear Power Breaches the Peace

Nuclear Energy

1960s to 1970s
A circulator impeller for an advanced gas-cooled reactor

A circulator impeller for an advanced gas-cooled r

Nuclear Energy
Graphite brick for the Heysham/Hartlepool type of AGR

Graphite brick for the Heysham/Hartlepool type of

Nuclear Energy
one of three film badge radiation dose monitors used to measure the radiation doses of people working with radioactive materials. The exposure is calculated by measuring the darkening of the film inside the monitor after it is developed.

Film badge radiation dosemeters

Nuclear Energy

1980
battery charger for powermask MKIII. contained in a suitcase marked 'Jepson suit'. Manufactured by siebe gorman & co ltd.

Charger for Powermask MKIII

Nuclear Energy

1985
Rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units, consisting of a power unit, scaler and G M detector by Dynatron Electronics Limited, Maidenhead, Berkshire, linear rate meter / integrator by Fleming Instruments Limited, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and timer by J & P Engineering (Reading) Limited, Reading Berkshire, England, 1965-1975

Rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units, consisting of

Nuclear Energy

1965-1975
Anti-coincidence counter with stand and circuit board

Anti-coincidence counter with stand and circuit bo

Nuclear Energy

1963
Early copper mesh cathode Geiger-Muller tube

Early copper mesh cathode Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1946-50
Early brass side-window radiation detector employing Geiger-Muller tube

Early brass side-window radiation detector employi

Nuclear Energy

1946-48
Two photographs showing the "experimental" face of the BEPO atomic pile at Harwell

Two photographs showing the "experimental" face of

Nuclear Energy
Radiation monitor type N596, serial no S1236, by Ecko Electronics Ltd, designed by Ken Callowhill

Radiation monitor type N596, serial no S1236, by E

Nuclear Energy

1955-1965
Five photographs relating to the fusion apparatus "Sceptre III", three mounted together

Five photographs relating to the fusion apparatus

Nuclear Energy
Geiger-Muller tube type GMSA3(5C) by Cinema Television Ltd.

Geiger-Muller tube type GMSA3(5C) by Cinema Televi

Nuclear Energy
Portable Dose Ratemeter Type PDR3, serial number 058, by Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.

Portable Dose Ratemeter Type PDR3, serial number 0

Nuclear Energy
Geiger-Muller tube

Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy
House timber, one of five samples dated by Carbon - 14 measurements

House timber, one of five samples dated by Carbon

Nuclear Energy
Gamma radiation monitor type 1030C

Gamma radiation monitor type 1030C

Nuclear Energy
one of three BNL (Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories) radioactive source jigs. Blue cylindrical shaped box with removable lid and brass screw knob to secure.

Radioactive source jig, 1982.

Nuclear Energy

1982
Radiation Monitor type 1043C (Ionisation Chamber Type) serial no.284. Date of manufacture c.1949

Radiation Monitor type 1043C (Ionisation Chamber T

Nuclear Energy

1945-1955
Probe unit type 1368A S/No.85

Probe unit type 1368A S/No.85

Nuclear Energy
Alphaprobe type 255 in portable leather container by Airmec, serial no. 1208, with sample holder type 255, serial no 1233, liquid sample probe type 255, serial no 1312, end window probe type 255, serial no 1266, and Geiger Muller tube type M2H made by 20th Century Electronics, serial no RL.2797, c. 1955-1965

Alphaprobe type 255 in portable leather container

Nuclear Energy

1955-1965