Just watched Chernobyl and saw how “everything” electrical got destroyed from the radiation, but not the geiger counters. Why it that?
In: Biology
The Geiger counters have e.g. a vacuum tube that is designed to conduct when the content gas gets ionized. The gas will un-ionize itself.
The electronic parts are shielded because they are expected to be used in harsh conditions. Without that the ions would make the chips conduct where they are not supposed to or it destroys conductors. Both aren’t reversible.
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