o2studies reblogged
14 November 2024
Nuclear chem labs are usually really boring - to be safe, these samples can't be wildly radioactive, so measurements take ages - but this one was fun. Lab partner and I put a big piece of granite under the probe and the radiometer started clicking like crazy! We actually had to readjust the measuring range, it was so fun to see. Granite can be naturally radioactive! Then we measured spent nuclear fuel and the radiometer went almost dead silent (save for the background radiation of course) which was also cool. Spent fuel indeed!