Geiger Counters Archives - X-Z LAB https://www.x-zlab.com/tag/geiger-counters/ Engineering a Safer World Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:57:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Lasting Effects of Radiation https://www.x-zlab.com/radiation-detector/the-lasting-effects-of-radiation/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:57:55 +0000 http://www.x-zlab.com/?p=1017 It is interesting: without radiation, there would not be life on earth. With too much, like water or salt, the balance of life and death is precariously close. Four years after Fukushima1 was hit with a huge earthquake and resulting tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown at the local power plant, the public is still unable to return to normalcy. Personal radiation detectors like X-Z LAB’s RadPavise | Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) are able to help first responders and safety officers in situations in Japan. Not only are they able to detect the presence of radiation like traditional analog detectors do, but they also act as a survey meter, detecting in proximity x-ray and gamma intensities. What does this mean? Several years ago with simple analog detectors like Geiger counters, made from Geiger-Müller tubes (GM), it would be a simple to just detect the presence of high levels of radiation. This is what you see in Hollywood today. Unfortunately, like NFL injuries, long repeated exposure to low or medium levels of radiation can be detrimental to your health—even leading to premature death. Simply having a ring or badge change color wasn’t enough, so companies like X-Z LAB developed and manufactured all-digital electronic personal dosimeters, e.g. RadTarge II | Electronic Personal Dosimeter (EPD), to give the global community an option to be aware in real time of radiation exposure levels in the hope of mutual safety and longevity. Have more questions? Email us at contact@x-zlab.com. 1Fukushima Disaster: Radiation levels posing cancer risks on fourth anniversary of earthquake By North Asia correspondent Matthew Carney Updated Tue 10 Mar 2015, 10:54pm Four years ago today Japan was hit with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that caused widespread destruction, leaving almost 22,000 people dead or missing and triggering a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The triple nuclear meltdown was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. About 120,000 people still cannot return their homes because of high radiation levels, but the issue of long-term health implications like cancer are causing the greatest concern and controversy in Japan. Before the disaster, there was just one to two cases of thyroid cancers in a million Japanese children but now… Full Article

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Source: Toru Hanai (Reuters)

It is interesting: without radiation, there would not be life on earth. With too much, like water or salt, the balance of life and death is precariously close.

Four years after Fukushima1 was hit with a huge earthquake and resulting tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown at the local power plant, the public is still unable to return to normalcy.RadPavise-2

Personal radiation detectors like X-Z LAB’s RadPavise | Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) are able to help first responders and safety officers in situations in Japan. Not only are they able to detect the presence of radiation like traditional analog detectors do, but they also act as a survey meter, detecting in proximity x-ray and gamma intensities.

What does this mean?

Several years ago with simple analog detectors like Geiger counters, made from Geiger-Müller tubes (GM), it would be a simple to just detect the presence of high levels of radiation. This is what you see in Hollywood today.

Unfortunately, like NFL injuries, long repeated exposure to low or medium levels of radiation can be detrimental to your health—even leading to premature death.RadTarge-II

Simply having a ring or badge change color wasn’t enough, so companies like X-Z LAB developed and manufactured all-digital electronic personal dosimeters, e.g. RadTarge II | Electronic Personal Dosimeter (EPD), to give the global community an option to be aware in real time of radiation exposure levels in the hope of mutual safety and longevity.

Have more questions? Email us at contact@x-zlab.com.

1Fukushima Disaster: Radiation levels posing cancer risks on fourth anniversary of earthquake

By North Asia correspondent Matthew Carney
Updated Tue 10 Mar 2015, 10:54pm

Four years ago today Japan was hit with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that caused widespread destruction, leaving almost 22,000 people dead or missing and triggering a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The triple nuclear meltdown was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

About 120,000 people still cannot return their homes because of high radiation levels, but the issue of long-term health implications like cancer are causing the greatest concern and controversy in Japan.

Before the disaster, there was just one to two cases of thyroid cancers in a million Japanese children but now…

Full Article

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]]> Difference Between Survey Meters, Geiger Counters and Dosimeters https://www.x-zlab.com/radiation-detector/difference-between-survey-meters-geiger-counters-and-dosimeters/ Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:43:09 +0000 http://x-zlab.com/?p=439 Meters and dosimeters have separate roles in indicating the presence of hazardous radiation levels and are critical life-saving tools in nuclear emergencies. Survey Meters The following instruments measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location at some point in time: survey meters, field survey meters, rate meters, radiac meters, radiation detection meters, low-range meters, high-range meters, airborne meters, fallout meters, remote monitors, Geiger counters, and even dose rate meters. Like the speedometer of a car shows miles/hr, they all show measurements relative to time, such as R/hr or mR/hr. If you enter a radioactive area and your meter displays 60 R/hr, then it means you will be exposed to 60 R if you stay for a whole hour. In general, survey meters are used to measure high levels of radiation, such as when you measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation in an area. Geiger Counters The Geiger counter also measures exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location at some point in time. However, it utilizes a Geiger tube rather than an ion chamber. Geiger counters measure low levels of radiation, such as looking for surface contamination. Dosimeters Dosimeters can be in the form of a sticker, badge, pen/tube type, or even a digital readout. They all measure the total accumulated amount of radiation to which you were exposed. Similar to the odometer of a car, they measure an accumulation of units. Dosimeters will indicate a certain total number of R or mR exposure received, just as the car odometer registers miles traveled. Example of the relationship between a survey meter and a dosimeter Imagine yourself taking both a survey meter and a dosimeter into an area of measurable radiation. Your survey meter says you are standing in a 30 R/hr radiation field, and you stay for two hours. As you leave, your dosimeter indicates 60 R. The meter measured the exposure rate or intensity of the radiation in the area and the dosimeter accumulated the total amount of radiation you were exposed to in the two hours. If you had left after only half an hour, your dosimeter would have shown 15 R.

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]]> Meters and dosimeters have separate roles in indicating the presence of hazardous radiation levels and are critical life-saving tools in nuclear emergencies.

Survey Meters

The following instruments measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location at some point in time: survey meters, field survey meters, rate meters, radiac meters, radiation detection meters, low-range meters, high-range meters, airborne meters, fallout meters, remote monitors, Geiger counters, and even dose rate meters.

Like the speedometer of a car shows miles/hr, they all show measurements relative to time, such as R/hr or mR/hr. If you enter a radioactive area and your meter displays 60 R/hr, then it means you will be exposed to 60 R if you stay for a whole hour. In general, survey meters are used to measure high levels of radiation, such as when you measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation in an area.

Geiger Counters

The Geiger counter also measures exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location at some point in time. However, it utilizes a Geiger tube rather than an ion chamber. Geiger counters measure low levels of radiation, such as looking for surface contamination.

Dosimeters

Dosimeters can be in the form of a sticker, badge, pen/tube type, or even a digital readout. They all measure the total accumulated amount of radiation to which you were exposed. Similar to the odometer of a car, they measure an accumulation of units. Dosimeters will indicate a certain total number of R or mR exposure received, just as the car odometer registers miles traveled.

Example of the relationship between a survey meter and a dosimeter

Imagine yourself taking both a survey meter and a dosimeter into an area of measurable radiation. Your survey meter says you are standing in a 30 R/hr radiation field, and you stay for two hours. As you leave, your dosimeter indicates 60 R. The meter measured the exposure rate or intensity of the radiation in the area and the dosimeter accumulated the total amount of radiation you were exposed to in the two hours. If you had left after only half an hour, your dosimeter would have shown 15 R.

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