A 80 uCi Pyrotronics Smoke Detector
A few uranium compounds in different stages of the enrichment process, although none of these are enriched. From left to right: U ore, "Yellowcake", UO3, UF4, a UO2 fuel pellet, and U metal
Here is just a few of my of radioactive sources
Some Uranium ore
An Cs/Ba-137m Isotope "cow"
Some radioactive consumer products
A spinthariscope from an old Gilbert toy
A whole bunch of Th lantern mantles
Some radioactive Dino bone from Utah
Vaseline Glass Slag
Some modern quack radioactive homeopathic remedies, Plutonium and Radium
Two atomic related science kits for kids from the 50's and 60's
A couple of tins of "Radium" paint. More than likely it is Po-210 or Lead-210 (Radium F or Radium D) since it is only barely detectable above background.
Some Tritium (H3) "Trasers" above different forms of the stable hydrogen isotope Deuterium (H2).
A "Radector" ion chamber survey meter with a internal Sr-90 check source
Various Trinitite. Red is from copper the green is from iron in the soil, strange that it is the opposite of iron rust being red and copper oxide being green!
Rare Red Trininite. The red is from
copper in the cables to and from
the device, "Gadget", some have said
it is from the actual device itself, but it
was more than likely vaporized evenly.
Rare black pieces of trinitite. The black
is from iron from more than likely near
the base of the tower. Futher backing up
to this is the fact that I seperated these
out from a small lot with a powerful
neodymium magnet
A few unexpected radiation finds
Sample Collection
I have a small sample collection of environmental samples from different sites, if you live near a radiologically contaminated site, cleaned up or not, I would love to hear from you!
Sites currently include:
Nevada Test Site, K-25, K-1085, Old firehouse burn area burial site, Under Los Alamos Inn Parking Lot, Acid Canyon creek bed sediment, Acid Canyon water sample, Ashey Pond water sample, Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, Oak Ridge White Oak Creek Melton Valley soil near White Oak Dam, Clinch River water sample from White Oak Creek outflow location, Soil near banks of White Oak Creek and unknown creek/pond/body of water, Unknown Creek/Pond water sample near banks of White oak creek, Arkansas Nuclear One soil and water, Grand Gulf nuclear station soil and water, and much more
Even though these are all extremely low level, I sure do have the capacity to store them!
Many thanks to David Boudreax for the shielding containers!
My Homemade Glove Box
My Homemade Storage Well