Hydrofracking Radiation Portable Water Monitor | Technical Associates

General Description
Hydrofracking releases trapped radiation from underground formations into mobile water flow, including groundwater, or industry generated wastewater, sludge, or brine and surrounding soil.
The Hydrofracking Radiation Portable Water Monitor, Meda-SP, is a small light weight field monitor for on the spot measurement of water or soil samples.
Quick detection of radiation contamination in water and soil generated by the hydrofracking process:

Alpha, Beta, and Gamma emitters; Uranium, Radium, Potassium, and Thorium in water samples
Hydrofracking wastewater, sludge and brine; Roadside Chemical Spill; Industrial Accident; Improper Dumping of Industrial Waste.
Easy detection of surface contamination-alpha, beta, gamma; hands, boots, clothing and equipment
Identify personnel needing decontamination

End Users: Oil and Gs Industry, First Responders, state and federal health agencies, citizen groups, municipal utilities.

Technical Description
The Hydrofracking Radiation Portable Water Monitor features an internally mounted 2 inch pancake GM detector with window looking downward from bottom of case and an external crystal scintillation probe for detection of low energy gammas. Alpha, beta, and gamma emitters are detected. A sliding shield protects pancake detector when not in use. This system is half the weight of other systems. Submersible sensor probes for reservoir, stream or sump provide additional diversity.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

2 minutes or less for detection
Continuous operation with no defined runs
System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
The system or device is currently semi-automated
Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
1 component
No set-up of the system is required for set-up
3-5 steps are required for detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a toaster
Less than 1 kg
Wired connections are available
System or device uses batteries
4-8 hours battery life

OPERATIONS:

Can be used from 4°C to 37°C
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Greater than 10 years expected life
Results can be viewed in real-time
The system or device is currently fully autonomous
The system does not employ any software
The system hardware is open and available for modification

DETECTION:

Greater than 250 µL
Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)
Only total dose and dose rate
Down to background level radiation for dose rate
System is used for surveying

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