[LINK] Geiger counters hot -and- *confirmed* meltdowns in three of Fukushima's reactors

[Rachel Polanskis]

On 27/05/2011, at 5:04 PM, Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:

> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/27/3228865.htm
> 
>> Geiger counters sell out in Japan
>> 
>> By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
>> 
>> The hot, new, must-have item in Japan is not the latest smartphone or computer pad, but a geiger counter - a device that measures radiation.
>> 
>> After the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant this week confirmed meltdowns in three of the facility's reactors, geiger counters have sold out in most electronics shops.
>> 

Geiger counters lose sensitivity after awhile, don't they?  That is to say, after a period
of time detecting radiation, the device itself becomes radioactive and so can only
detect surrounding  traces stronger than itself?  

If that is correct,  I imagine they would become useless.   What about disposable photographic
labels?   Kodak went out of business, but here is a new market for emulsion!


rachel

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