Does the RadDetect detect radioactive iodine from a nuclear reactor release or fallout from a nuclear bomb?
Radioactive iodine (I-131) emits beta and weak gamma radiation. Because the RadDetect detects both types of radiation, it will detect radioactive iodine from a nuclear reactor release or nuclear bomb. This is the only keychain style radiation detector that will do so. How about Geiger Counters or civil defense meters. Won’t they work just as well? Geiger Counters max out (report no radioactivity) at rather low levels. These devices are only used by clean-up teams after most of the radioactive fallout has been removed from an area. They are used for final decontamination. Civil Defense Meters are obsolete though they are still being sold by some vendors and still in use in the field today (in some areas). In addition to the lack of linear reporting, these meters’ parts are approaching 30 years old – well beyond the component lifetime – are unreliable and have been phased out by most governments – including the U.S. Who would benefit from the use of the RadDetect? Aside from civilian use
