radioactive source safety

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Radioactive release from VVER-1000 reactors after a terror attack

One of the terror scenarios for nuclear power plants is a severe damage of the reactor containment caused by a plane crash or a missile. Owing to the loss of electric power the cooling of the core would not be maintained, leading to a core melt accident. Normally in the course of severe accidents an intact containment has the ability to retain a large part of the radioactive inventory. The goal ...

Monitoring in case of emergency situations related to orphaned sources

Orphaned sources may cause serious accidents as history has shown and in the past few years, attention for malevolent use of radioactivity has grown considerably. Firstly, this paper describes the ...

Superior sensitivity allows Berkeley Nucleonics SAM 940 to locate and identify SNM

The SAM 940 utilizes a transform that provides spectral enhancement on a second by second basis. This patented algorithm is called Quadratic Compression Conversion (QCC) and allows real time subtraction of background which dramatically improves ...

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Spectroscopic Radiation Monitor

Spectroscopic Radiation Monitor PM1403 is designed for measurement of DER of gamma radiation, searching for radioactive sources, registration and accumulation of scintillation spectra and radionuclide identification. External smart probes and built-in Csl(TI) detector make PM1403 a powerful tool for detection and localization of gamma, neutron, alpha and beta radiation sources. Instrument has ...