scintillometer
Britishnoun
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In 1979, I owned the most radioactive farm in northern Virginia, according to aerial scintillometer exploration.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
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.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021
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.
From Warning from the Stars by Cocking, Ron
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