what is the name of the machine that detects nuclear waste?

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what is the name of the machine that detects nuclear waste?

2007-03-12 10:41:44 · 2 answers · asked by Never More!! 5 in Environment

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There are a number of different detectors depending on the type of radiation (alpha, beta, gamma) that you are trying to detect. The most common detector is a Geiger counter (a Geiger Muller tube) but you also find a lot of scintillation counters for alpha particle radiation (like the stuff that comes from Radon in peoples basements)

2007-03-12 11:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by nyquist1995 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

yup, geiger counter

2007-03-12 17:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋