Extremely Rare Graphite from the First Nuclear Reactor CP-1
Extremely Rare Graphite from the First Nuclear Reactor CP-1
Description: This lucite also encases graphite from the world’s first nuclear reactor, on the form a rectangular block. This was owned by an engineer who worked on the reactor. Only a handful of these were made for those associated with the project. The bulk of the graphite from CP-1 was used in the subsequent CP-2.
The dimensions of this rare piece are about 3 3/4” x 2 5/8” x 1 1/2” and it weighs 3/4 pound.
Price: $5,000 Shipping: $25
Rare graphite from ORNL Reactor-AEC 1943-1966
Rare graphite from ORNL Reactor-AEC 1943-1966
Price: $550 Shipping: $20
Mangled and fused metal debris from Nagasaki bombing during WWII
Mangled and fused metal debris from Nagasaki bombing during WWII
Description: Description: This is a mangled, fused piece of metal and and other debris of some sort. It was found in 1980 near the Urakami cathedral in Nagasaki.
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Roof tile artifact from Nagasaki bombing during WWII
Roof tile artifact from Nagasaki bombing during WWII
Description: The roof tile above was collected near collected near Urakami Tenshudo in Nagasaki. It shows the impact of the heat from the Plutonium implosion bomb which was detonated at 1,650 feet. The impact of the heat on the tile and can clearly be seen.
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Very Rare FCDA Item CD V-787 Ten-Day Water Standard
Very Rare FCDA Item CD V-787 Ten-Day Water Standard
Description: The CD V-787 Ten-day Water Standard was manufactured in the early 1960s by Jordan Electronics. Its purpose was to provide an evaluation of the activity of fallout in food and water. The Item Specifications note that “The comparison standard is designed for use under conditions of extreme emergency.”
The procedure involved comparing the readings made of a food or water sample with the readings made using the standard. To permit reproducible measurements, the probe could be rested on the edges of the can. If the measurement of the activity in the food or water was less than that made with the standard, it was safe to consume for a ten day period.
According to the Department of Defense item specification, the standard was manufactured by mixing 3.0 grams of uranyl acetate with 5 grams of epoxy resin in a “standard 4 ounce circular seamless ointment tin.” Readings on a spectrometer indicate natural Uranium as expected.
This item is of tremendous historical value, however it should not be used for testing the radioactivity of food for consumption.
Size of Tin: 8 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm in height.
Weight: 40 grams
Surface Radioactivity: 100,000 cpm at 4mm from surface of epoxy resin. Note: These tins are over fifty-five years old and the one that you receive may be more worn than the one above, some have tape on the surface of the tin, etc. but the epoxy is identical in each tin.
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Very Rare Uranium Source Food and Water Comparison Standard
Very Rare Uranium Source Food and Water Comparison Standard
Description: These tins contain an epoxy that is green rather than brown, however in all other aspects are very similar to the ones above. As noted above, this item is of tremendous historical value, however it should not be used for testing the radioactivity of food for consumption.
Size of Tin: 8 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm in height.
Weight: 40 grams
Surface Radioactivity: 100,000 cpm at 4mm from the surface of epoxy resin.
Note: These tins are over fifty-five years old and the one that you receive may be more worn than the one above, some have tape on the surface of the tin, etc. but the epoxy is identical in each tin.
Price: $75 Shipping: $7
Melted Uranium Oxide from Site of German Accident in WWII
Melted Uranium Oxide from Site of German Accident in WWII
Melted Uranium from the site of a nuclear accident in Gottow. The level of activity is slightly more than Trinitite.
The location is referenced in in PhysicsWorld (June 2005) as follows: "Diebner managed to carry out one last experiment in the last months of the war. The exact details of the experiment are unclear. After a series of measurements had been taken, Diebner wrote a short letter to Heisenberg on 10 November 1944 that informed him of the experiment and hinted that there had been problems with the reactor. Unfortunately, no more written sources have been found relating to this final reactor experiment in Gottow.”
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