General Description
Handheld gamma detector for interdiction.
Technical Description
CsI scintillator with PMT.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- Multiple samples, multiple tests/sample per run
- Greater than 750 samples every 2 hours
- 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
- 1 component
- Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
- 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
- This system is not capable of transmitting data
- 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 is not capable of autonomy
- The system software is closed and not available for modification
- The system hardware is closed and not available for modification
DETECTION:
- Less than 10 µL
- Superior specificity. System has a false alarm rate approaching zero (~0%)
- Only dose rate
- Down to background level radiation for dose rate
- System is used for surveying
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