radiation detector

[Barneyboy]

hello any one no the best rad detector and not to much money as i have no idea cheers

[Scythe13]

You'd have to get a geiger counter. Not a clue on price though mate. They're those clicking things that labs use to detect radiation.

Either that, or photo-film. Yep, the old fashioned camera film stuff. That is sensitive to radiation. But it's not much use. It's best used to show the amount of radiation you have been exposed to.

[Skean Dhude]

The film stuff is no use. It tells you you are OK, OK, OK, OK , Exposed too late to do anything.... dead You need something that says the amount of exposure so you can stop in time.

[Timelord]

Army Surplus sometimes have them. Try Anchor Supplies in Derbyshire. They may know where to get one. Otherwise just search the net. There are civvy ones available. Try Japan

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You can get personal dosimeters very cheap. There are quite a few on ebay. You will also need the dosimeter reader to read them which is a bigger piece of kit. Also it needs calibrating, as do all geiger type readers. I would forgo the calibration in an emergency. All you need to know is what the background rad rate was in your locale before a radiation event and then anything reading above that post event, is extra & unwelcome. You need to study what dose rates are viable post event, so you know what rad amount you can tolerate if necessary at the time. Small amounts build up & are cumulatve over time but so is the drop off rate. Also, internal dose is vastly different to external irradiation!!
I read somewhere recently that NBC Masks & kit that troops get supplied are usually carried with testing & physical decontamination substances. Amongst these items was listed Radiation indicator papers. Something like litmus papers but for radiation. Maybe these are worn on the outside of soldiers clothing, so it is apparant when one of the papers changes colour. That could be v.useful while on the move. Hope some of this is useful. TL.

[Bug_out_Bag]

[Hrusai]

[Barneyboy]

yeah did the google thing ,it was more for the olympics but that didnt go off that fuck for that but will look at your links cheers mate

[Jason]

[Barneyboy]

[cryingfreeman]

I have the nukalert as part of my own little nuclear crisis kit. They seem to be very popular with US-based preppers.