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This is the panel with the materials you could measure yourself with the Geiger counter. The sample which caused the highest readings was, surprisingly, an orange Fiestaware mug. Apparently, the colorant it employed is radioactive, and much more radioactive than uranium ore. People used to have breakfast every day in those things. Scary.

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ExhibitPlus DSC01248 This is the panel with the materials you could measure yourself with the Geiger counter. The sample which caused the highest readings was, surprisingly, an orange Fiestaware mug. Apparently, the colorant it employed is radioactive, and much more radioactive than uranium ore. People used to have breakfast every day in those things. Scary.

DSC01248 This is the panel with the materials you could measure yourself with the Geiger counter. The sample which caused the highest readings was, surprisingly, an orange Fiestaware mug. Apparently, the colorant it employed is radioactive, and much more radioactive than uranium ore. People used to have breakfast every day in those things. Scary.

A visit to the Hanford Museum