{"id":11701,"date":"2019-08-10T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T22:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=11701"},"modified":"2019-08-10T15:55:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T22:55:46","slug":"mightyohm-geiger-counter-finds-contamination-near-abandoned-uranium-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/mightyohm-geiger-counter-finds-contamination-near-abandoned-uranium-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"MightyOhm Geiger Counter Finds Contamination Near Abandoned Uranium Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elektor recently posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elektormagazine.com\/news\/review-mightyohm-geiger-counter-kit\">a comprehensive review of the MightyOhm Geiger counter kit<\/a>, including this field survey around an abandoned Uranium mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrcPUAj15JU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elektor recently posted a comprehensive review of the MightyOhm Geiger counter kit, including this field survey around an abandoned Uranium mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[517],"class_list":["post-11701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","tag-elektor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-32J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9680,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/elektor-is-now-selling-mightyohm-geiger-counter-kits-in-the-eu\/","url_meta":{"origin":11701,"position":0},"title":"Elektor is now selling MightyOhm Geiger Counter kits in the EU!","author":"Jeff","date":"June 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Elektor, publisher of the well-known European electronics magazine, is now selling the MightyOhm Geiger Counter kit in their webstore.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-27_23-04-51-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15960,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/mightyohm-geiger-counter-kits-on-sale-at-elektor-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":11701,"position":1},"title":"MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kits on sale at elektor.com","author":"admin","date":"November 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Elektor is currently offering a promotion on MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kits. 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