Next Generation Air Particle Detector

Abstract

The IM-239/WDQ Air Particle Detector (APD) is a 400-pound piece of installed equipment on nuclear powered ships and submarines that monitors emissions into the air from the ships' nuclear power plants. The current version is approximately 30 years old and despite component upgrades, has reached the end of its useful life due to parts and technological obsolesence. Naval Reactors requires a new version for the nuclear fleet. To develop the new IM-272/WDQ the RADIAC Program is working with the pre-eminent facility in the U.S. for sampling air for radioactivity, the DoE Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis AFB, NV.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
81baf6f83729fd598fd01903222bf977

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

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