geiger counter

The hot, new, must-have item in Japan is not the latest smartphone or computer pad, but a geiger counter - a device that measures radiation. After the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant this week confirmed meltdowns in three of the facility's reactors, geiger counters have sold out in...

Even during a crisis somebody is out to make a buck . Just seen on the BBC News a man was asked to pay the equivalent of £1500 to buy a geiga counter !