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Nov 7 • 

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This WW2 pocket watch is still ticking - and still radioactive

A Swiss-made timepiece became a symbol of wartime innovation and postwar radiation risks

Nov 3 • 

Michael White

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October 2025

The UK pottery that was using uranium glazing in the 1960s

Eric Leaper's bold colourful designs hold a radioactive secret, many used uranium to achieve brilliance

Oct 10 • 

Michael White

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Measuring the radioactivity of my WW2 aircraft gauge collection

A microsievert snapshot of aviation history

Oct 5 • 

Michael White

2:25

September 2025

Radium aircraft gauges galore at World War 2 museum

Possibily the most radioactive place in Sussex, UK

Sep 12 • 

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3:37

Hunting radioactive relics at an IACF Antiques Fair

The largest South of England fair had many spicy treasures to offer

Sep 6 • 

Michael White

August 2025

Don't keep this WW1 compass in your pocket

A prismatic compass produced by Francis Barker & Sons that is accutely radioactive

Aug 31 • 

Michael White

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4:40

I accidentally built a radioactive gas chamber

The hidden danger of radon gas and how to manage it

Aug 27 • 

Michael White

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I impulse purchased uranium on the internet and regret it

As impulse buys go, buying uranium goes on my list of ‘bad things that have happened after a beer’

Aug 21 • 

Michael White

If smoking wasn't bad enough, this ashtray is radioactive

A beautiful piece of vaseline glass by Moser

Aug 18 • 

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Unboxing radioactive aircraft gauges

Including my most radioactive item...

Aug 16 • 

Michael White

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Welcome to Radium Quest

It's time to bring some radioactivity to Substack

Aug 15 • 

Michael White

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