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Gamma rays from the alpha transmutation of sodium in table salt
Thallium208
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Table salt (e.g. sodium chloride) is bombarded by alpha particles from a publicly-available Po-210 source called a "Nuclespot". Some alpha particles enter the nuclei of th...
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Collecting a spent nuclear fuel fragment at Chernobyl
Thallium208
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**Please watch in HD format for best results**
The area surrounding the incomplete natural-draft cooling towers at ChNPP's Unit 5 construction site is littered with loca...
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Visiting the Khodemchuk Memorial at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Thallium208
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Not many industrial structures contain entombed human remains. An exception is the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 35-year-old pump engineer Valery Khodemchuk was buried a...
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Radioactive Young Pioneer camp nestled in Chernobyl's "Red Forest"
Thallium208
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Nestled in the beautiful pine forest south of Pripyat (and about a mile due west of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant reactor 4), this charming Young Pioneer camp offers your c...
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Deer antlers shed near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Thallium208
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An interesting example of the chemical behavior of fission products is provided by a pair of deer antlers on the premises of the former Ivankov Fish Combine, about one mile...
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Radioactive vehicles near the Yanov train station, Pripyat
Thallium208
4,904 views
This video was made July 12-13, 2011.
South of the "Yanov" train station near Pripyat lie an assortment of abandoned military vehicles, purportedly used for the demoliti...
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Hand-cranked x-ray machine
Thallium208
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One hundred years ago, the world's then-largest toy manufacturer--Bing Toy Company of Nuremberg, Germany--listed "fine experiment boxes for Roentgen-Experiments by means of...
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Easy polonium-beryllium neutron source: assembly, disassembly, and discussion
Thallium208
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A 5-millicurie sealed Po-210 source leased commercially for antistatic applications is brought into contact with a piece of bulk beryllium metal in the proximity of a He-3 ...
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Spark detector for alpha particles
Thallium208
6,218 views
This video documents a simple but surprisingly effective detector for alpha radiation. (I'm indebted to Tim Raney of Richmond, Virginia for the hard work of re-discovering...
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Collecting radioactive debris in Bayo Canyon, New Mexico
Thallium208
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In 1944, Manhattan Project scientists at Los Alamos began testing the implosion nuclear weapon concept that, the following year, would be validated with the Trinity shot. ...
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