SO for the obvious question, how much radiation is safe if the unthinkable happens?
@richardgreen781116 сағат бұрын
WELL ... YA missed it. Next door to the museum is the greatest airport restaurant in America, THE WAYPOINT CAFE. The best food, the best service, the best facility for patrons to attend. Closed only on Monday's, the Waypoint opens at 8:00am. Sunday you can't get near the place due to its popularity. Stacey and he gang are the best restaurant operators I have ever met. Just can't say enough about them.
@TheUraniumHunter18 сағат бұрын
That was such a cool video. I love how you sent your son in. Don't worry boy if your hand starts to melt...it's all for the tube. 😂
@FoxMarrion19 сағат бұрын
Thx for. Info
@candui-722 сағат бұрын
Don't ingest the particles. Tobacco smoke is highly carcinogenic. Chemical fertilizer (phosphates) can be packed with radioactive minerals.
@drewkoenen8334Күн бұрын
Once you have been contaminated, your contaminated 😂😂😂 you can’t remove radiation from your insides 😂
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
I don’t think you know how radiation works.
@bneyensКүн бұрын
13:39 - When I google Xray exposure for dental X-rays, I see .005 millisieverts (mSv). You are showing you had 1.65 millisieverts. Wouldn't that be like getting 33 dental X-Rays?
@padraiggluck2980Күн бұрын
Thank you for the review. I like the Radiacode.
@mrivantchernegovski3869Күн бұрын
Visitors get a pink hi vis lol
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
Yeah, we can’t have cool colors.
@Bob-v3d8tКүн бұрын
Surprised a guy whose whole channel is about radiation doesnt seem to know much about it. I dont get why he was impressed with the radiation levels being low outside the plant, of course they are they are supposed to be. Its when something goes wrong is the problem. He missed his opportunity to ask them about their emergency procedures and if they do any kind of practice drills, that tour guy didnt instill alot of confidence, oh the canister is really strong it wont break and he really down played the outcome if it were to break, no it would be a major ordeal if you dumped spent fuel in the roof, he made it sound like the tire shop spilled some oil and we'll just get the boys to mop it up.
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
How would spent fuel get up on a roof?
@joeamerican2611Күн бұрын
Please do a video showing how accurate they are. Readings mean nothing if they are not accurate
@tfrowlett8752Күн бұрын
Bull Creek aircraft museum in Perth has plenty of radioactive dials
@johnm7249Күн бұрын
The CDV-700 was part of a set. IIRC one of them had a sensor that could be removed and set outside of your bomb shelter.
@oldminer5387Күн бұрын
Thank you for the video Drew, looks like a interesting museum. There used to be a surplus store where I lived that in the 60's that had row after row of military air craft guages that as a child were interesting to look at. It never occurred to us the guages or equipment could be radioactive.
@frederickbowman4494Күн бұрын
Great video
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
Thanks.
@sciencestuff6992 күн бұрын
You have such cool videos. A few years back I bought my first geiger counter when I was repairing and collecting watches and didn't want the Ra paint dust to fly around. Since then my small collection consists of a select few watches and an ever growing number of geiger counters and detectors.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Thanks. Its a pretty cool thing to get into, radiation. I don't call it a hobby because when you start learning about radiation and radioactivity you are learning a new discipline, which is a field of study that ties into many things.
@sciencestuff6992 күн бұрын
Do anyone know if these pancake detectors' windows are made of berillium?
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Its mica, a very thin layer.
@sitwazheng2 күн бұрын
仪表盘上面的夜光镭?😄
@sitwazheng2 күн бұрын
very goood
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Thanks.
@mattstich79792 күн бұрын
I got a cheap Geiger for Christmas. It's GQ GMC 800. I know it doesn't detect alpha particles. From watching your videos, I noticed that the object you test compared to mine has 10x the CPM value. In your experience, is this about the average difference when it comes to uranium and radium?
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Radium is much more radioactive than uranium because of its shorter half-life. If you had a micro gram of uranium and radium the radium would be 1 million times more active. The difference in CPM might also have to do with the surface area of my detector I'm using.
@dymytryruban43242 күн бұрын
Elton Britt recorded "Uranium Fever" back in 1955 so it is in public domain since 2005 and must be free to use.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I'll have to look into that. Would be fun to use that song in mining videos.
@delawerner24742 күн бұрын
i actually want to start collecting fiestaware, but i want to ask, is it safe collecting these kind of items?
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Yes, its totally safe. Glass or plastic blocks the vast majority of the radiation coming off of these. So if you had them in a display case they would be very safe. The radiation also drops off pretty dramatically after 5-6 feet, if its out in the open.
@ObservaDome2 күн бұрын
🤔Your Son Has Quite The Lisp🤔
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
He’s my friends son and he has braces he’s getting use to.
@Bartholomew_Beans2 күн бұрын
Oppenheimer is one of those movies I could watch that many times especially in 70mm the sounds and feel of that movie were amazing when I saw it
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
It was pretty amazing in 70mm. Was such a cool experience working this job and see direct comparisons between the film and the different digital prints. The digital IMAX looked the best among the digital screenings. But the film had a sharpness to it that was much different than the digital. Digital is crazy sharp...but sometimes its almost too sharp. Film also has better colors and better contrast.
@JamesReedy2 күн бұрын
Lived there for many years and never went to that museum 😐
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I use to live around that area as well and this was my first time going to the museum.
@JamesReedyКүн бұрын
@ ahh nice man, I used to live off Santa Rosa Road. I grew up in Thousand Oaks but moved to the Bay Area 10’ish years ago. Not my cup of tea honestly but the money is too good 😐 You ever do a video on how check sources are manufactured? I just ordered some and they came from Oakridge Tenn which got me curious about what isotopes are made where, it’s a low key interesting subject.
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
@@JamesReedy I think that would be cool to see how check sources are made. My contacts over at the DOE might be able to help me with that.
@user-tl8cj1dn8y2 күн бұрын
Bovington tank museum in England, have tested all vehicles for radiation on dials and have register on these. Also, they have radiation officer who is responsible maintaining the records and procedures and policies. So at lest in that museum they keep eye of these radium dials.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
That's pretty cool. Way better than them replacing the dials.
@michaelgurvitz93102 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing a neat bit of history. Happy New Year to you and family.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
No problem, thanks for watching and the comment.
@JajaBinx0w02 күн бұрын
Very cool video I didn’t skip a second which is rare for me
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Thanks. I really want to go back there and see how far along they are.
@Squidbait_USN2 күн бұрын
When the nukes start falling, I’m getting my catchers mitt and going outside and sit on the grass. “There’s one! I got it!”
@houndofhell932 күн бұрын
Cool to see just how low the leves around the spent fuel were. Crazy cool.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Was my first time being around spent nuclear fuel and it was very cool.
@OdinDrengr2 күн бұрын
Amazing how much radium was used world wide. I have my Grandfathers WW2 British Army Compass (he was a gunner in the 8th Army in Italy, Middle East and North Africa) that has radium paint on it. I get approx 3000 CPM with my geiger.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Radium was used very heavily in the past. Makes antique hunting very interesting that's for sure.
@StormChasingMA2 күн бұрын
We have a really cool museum out here in Mass. The Collings Foundation living history museum. They have the largest private tank collection in the world. They also have a fleet of WW1 and WW2 aircraft. All the tanks they have all run and drive. Including the M1 A1 Abrams. I bet some of those vehicles have radio active gauges! Thanks for sharing a really cool museum. On my list!
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I'll have to put that on my map of places to check out. Thanks for letting me know.
@user-tl8cj1dn8y2 күн бұрын
What I find worrying is that museums and many collectors of old military vehicles, do not sufficiently recognize the dangers associated with radium. The issue is that those instrument panels are not completely hermetically sealed units. Over time, as the paint begins to decay and flake away. The small particles containing radium from the paint become dust and spread everywhere. Then someone unlucky enough to breathe this kind of dust into their lungs, for example during maintenance work, You have to remember, how long radium remains radioactive and in practice, that means that when these museum airplanes or vehicles are practically a pile of rusty dust in the future, they still have radioactive radium there too.
@ObservaDome2 күн бұрын
@@Aztecpa23🚬Chuck Probably Smoked...🚬
@ObservaDome2 күн бұрын
@@Aztecpa23🚬Did Chuck Smoke?🚬
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
In my experience with dials like this, as long as you don't open them up or damage the housing or cover glass...the radium stays put. The radon that the gauges produce can spread some light contamination outside of the dial but I haven't seen it be a problem to concerning.
Not sure if the old kook still works there but an old fart named “Les” I believe his name was, was such a rude asshole to myself and my 4 year old daughter - 2017’ish - that we left the museum without being able to view any of the planes or displays except from the front desk….we had flown in from CNO to have lunch and visit the museum… If he’s still alive, that guy should NEVER be allowed to work with or be around customers…a horrible ambassador for aviation he certainly was
@guesswhotoo62 күн бұрын
Few weeks ago I thought to check the gauges in my 1955 UniMog 404. The Speedo was hot enough I could detect it a meter away. Close in it easily set off alarms in my Radiacode 101.
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
Those UniMogs are so cool. I run into one almost every year out on the trails.
@ausnorman80502 күн бұрын
Nothing hot in the Mig. Surprised!
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
I know...I totally thought it was going to have something in there.
@flamingstar26082 күн бұрын
I am really surprised to see NO radioactive dials in Russian MIG. How is that possible?
@ryana32982 күн бұрын
Probably was a newer one. He said it was shot down in Vietnam and radium dials where mostly replaced with tritium. That’s my guess.
@Gr8thxAlotКүн бұрын
Probably cheaper/simpler to build without it.
@lboyadgiev88202 күн бұрын
I find it funny how a lot of people may say that owning/looking for radioactive objects is dangerious. Which is ironic consideirng how looking for radioactive items (Uranium ore, Thorium ore, etc) will probobly benefit someone's health as you will be going out more, doing more physical activity and (hopefully) taking proper caution and treating these items with respect they deserve. (Not to mention these sources are far less active then most people think) Just something I was thinking about as a lot of people say owning like half a gram of Uranium ore in a lead case is the equvalant of fast pass to the pearly gates. Keep up the great content Drew.
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
That's what I'm trying to do with all these videos...educate people on the realities of radioactivity. There is so much fear that surrounds the subject.
@lboyadgiev8820Күн бұрын
@@RadioactiveDrew You can't really blame these people for being scared of radioactivity either. Media, news, movies and more don't portray radionuclides properly, acting like Uranium is one of the most dangerious elements ever, when there are far, far, FAR worse isotopes. Most people aren't phycisists, they don't look at a radioactive item and ask "What's the activity?" "What's the isotope?" "How much x (insert isotope) is in it?" "What type of shielding do I have?" They go "OH NO RADIATION!" and freak out over it. Your doing great work educating people that don't know better, keep it up Drew, your doing the work not many can do.
@jackskelton12942 күн бұрын
Great video, but I do wish you’d show us the Usv/hr reading as well considering CPM is quite different for each detector
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
Using counts with the Radeye B20 or DPM is much better than using Sieverts. A scintillation detector like the Radiacode is much better suited for dose rates.
@GeeBee1352 күн бұрын
Nice to have a couple young helpers in charge of the Better Geiger! I learned how to fly in a 1972 Piper Cherokee. Pretty sure it didn't have radium-painted instruments, but they WERE painted with fluorescent paint. Instead of having modern-style internal "backlight" illumination, there was a single overhead incandescent(?) UV bulb that caused all of the gauges to glow at once, like a black light poster.
@RadioactiveDrewКүн бұрын
Yeah, they are some of my biggest fans. They are my friends' kids. I've been told when I come to visit its like having the Pope come to town.
@michaelripley45282 күн бұрын
Wifes hates Geiger counters🤣
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
My wife doesn't mind the Geiger counters...she's just not thrilled about some of the sources I have.
@michaelripley45282 күн бұрын
@ I Totally get that!!
@WalterWagner0012 күн бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tile
@WalterWagner0012 күн бұрын
Tc-99m is the most common nuclear medicine procedure radioisotope. It's used for imaging internal organs, tumors, etc. It's 'tagged' to various chemicals which preferentially accumulate in different regions of the body. Another common radioisotope procedure utilizes I-131, usually used to destroy the remaining thyroid tissue following a thyroidectomy. It emits a high-energy beta, as well as gamma, and is likewise easily detectable after the procedure, though it remains for many days, not hours.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I had a family member that had Tc-99m imaging done and they were radioactive for a couple days after. Drops off pretty good after that first day or so. This guy I ran into was hot off the presses.
@CAMacKenzie2 күн бұрын
It occurred to me that if you had had something like a selfie stick on which you could mount your gauge, you might get closer to the instrument panel without having to actually get into the cockpit you were fenced out of.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I've thought about this before. I did something like that at the EBR-1 site to check the radiation of the nuclear jet engines they have in the parking lot.
@MegaKickn2 күн бұрын
Should try this at the Titan Missile Museum
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I wonder if they would have anything radioactive. I only question it because usually at sites that monitor radioactive material or arms they are much more concerned about other sources that might give them a false positive on something.
@ringhunter1002 күн бұрын
B-29 bad motor+ parked =awaiting parts a/or money
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
I would like to know how much that B-29 cost to purchase.
@Nuts-Bolts3 күн бұрын
Soviet aircraft like that Mig, all had the same EZ on the eye green cockpit paint finish. Very practical was those Soviets. By the war I think Canadian radium (where most of the supplies came from) was about $38,000 per ounce. Military dials and engraved marking required I think about 20µ gram to 40µ gram strength radium paint. For comparison, wrist watches that could be held up closer to the eyes was about 1.8µ grams. At 8:50 thats a Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk. Its got a private ownership reg N856WP which means it is still licenced to fly (expiration date is June 30, 2031) and was once operated by the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, hence the lower reg number WP856.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Now see, that super interesting...the micro gram amounts used for different items. I figured it was much higher than civilian time pieces because all the gauges I find are smokin hot compared to a watch.
@EnergyTRE3 күн бұрын
Nice definitely will consider because of you. Thanks for the recommendation friend ♾️🙏 interesting the Russians didnt expose their troops to background radiation.
@RadioactiveDrew2 күн бұрын
Well it might have been just for that model of MiG. I have a cockpit mounted clock that is doped with radium and apparently it came out of a MiG as well...but who knows for sure.