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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 12:06 PM
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Photo gallery: Gamma camera views inside Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 reactor building
On 22 May 2011, TEPCO imaged the inside of Unit 1 with visible light and gamma-ray cameras. Here are a couple of photos from that expedition. Desdemona wonders if the pixel noise in the visible-light images is caused by gamma-rays hitting the camera’s image sensor.



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Photo gallery: Gamma camera views inside Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 reactor building
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 12:12 PM
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1. I could see that being the case. I don't know jack about jack but I could see...
Edited on Sun May-22-11 12:14 PM by Poll_Blind
...the particles whacking elements of the CCD and making that kind of noise. Chances are, the CCD on there is really nice so you wouldn't expect that kind of "static".

CCD = Charge-Coupled Device, the better of two types of video camera sensors. Wiki

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