General Description
The Inspector is a small, handheld, microprocessor-based instrument which offers excellent sensitivity to low levels of alpha, beta, gamma, and x-rays. The digital readout is displayed with a red count light and a beeper sounds with each count detected. Other features include an adjustable timer, external calibration controls and adjustable alert.
Technical Description
Gieger Mueller Tube based hand held radiation detector for alpha, beta, gamma, and x-ray.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- Multiple samples, single tests/sample per run
- System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
- The system or approach is not amenable to full or semi-automation
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- No set-up of the system is required
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
- Approximately the size of a soda can
- Less than 1 kg
- Wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 4-8 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from < -21°C to > 42°C (All temperatures)
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Greater than 3 years shelf life
- Greater than 10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system could be adapted to a fully autonomous system with some effort
- The system software is closed and not available for modification
- The system hardware is closed and not available for modification
DETECTION:
- This system does not test liquids
- Only total dose and dose rate
- Down to background level radiation for dose rate
- System is used for personnel detection
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