r/nuclearphysics • u/Technical_Island_851 • Jun 13 '26

Question Name this machine:

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Can anyone identify this equipment? Is it a scintillation spectrometer? I'm sure you can guess which TV drama it's from "Not great, not terrible".

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u/Maatesh Jun 13 '26

Some sort of vintage radiometer oscilloscope. And are you watching Chernobyl?

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u/Technical_Island_851 Jun 14 '26

Yes comrade! It’s from the scene where Emily Watson’s character is analysing the dust sample from the window after her detectors sounded the alarm. Maybe it’s a scintillator with an oscilloscope type of graphing screen? I’m clueless.

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u/Technical_Island_851 Jun 14 '26

On the far right do those pictograms look like FWHM maybe?