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scintillometer

/ ˌsɪntɪˈlɒmɪtə /

noun

  1. physics a device for observing ionizing radiation by the scintillations it produces in a suitable material
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 1979, I owned the most radioactive farm in northern Virginia, according to aerial scintillometer exploration.

In Colorado, for instance, Temple has to access private property, asking landowners if he can use a device called a scintillometer to measure the radioactivity of mineral deposits and collect a small sample.

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Prospector Hans Lundberg of Toronto surveys an oil-promising territory by flying back & forth across it in an airplane equipped with a scintillometer* to count the low-energy gamma rays coming up from the earth.

Pick was sitting on a rock one day near a crumbling ridge when he noticed that his Scintillometer was not registering properly.

The damage is caused by an ultra-ultra-short wave radiation which not even the most sensitive scintillometer you have can pick up, a very subtle by-product of every chain reaction.

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