RadSeeker - Handheld Radioisotope Identifier | Smiths Detection - RadSeeker

General Description
The RadSeeker is a hand-held, portable, rugged and highly accurate radioisotope detector and identifier. The RadSeeker was specifically designed to meet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission requirements for a next-generation system capable of detecting and identifying nuclear threat materials. The RadSeeker offers superior identification capabilities that are based on Symetrica’s Discovery Technology™. This sophisticated detector system is capable of resolving complex masking scenarios and exceeds all ANSI N42.34 (2006) requirements for the identification of bare, shielded and multiple isotopes. The RadSeeker is easy to use while supplying the operator with quick, simple, specific information for threat assessment. Applications include Customs inspection, border protection, emergency response, and radiological facilities/personnel monitoring.

Technical Description
The RadSeeker offers superior identification capabilities that are based on Symetrica’s Discovery Technology™. This technology couples advanced spectrum processing and identification algorithms with a choice of highly sensitive 1.5” x 1.5” Lanthanum Bromide (LaBr3) or 2” x 2” Sodium Iodide (NaI) detectors resulting in superior accuracy which is unique and exclusive to Smiths Detection. This sophisticated detector system is capable of resolving complex masking scenarios.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Detection is instantaneous
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
0 components
Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
Automatic detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a toaster
Between 1 and 5 kg
Satellite, wireless and 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)
Device or system has peak performance at normal relative humidity conditions
Greater than 10 years expected life
Results can be viewed in real-time
The system or device is currently fully autonomous
The system software is closed and not available for modification
The system hardware is closed and not available for modification

DETECTION:

Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)
Total dose, dose rate and count rate with simultaneous display readout and automatic differentiation between types of radiation detected
Display indicates 0 until more than 1 mR/hr is detected for dose rate
Down to background level radiation for count rate
System is used for surveying

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