Technical Basis Document for the GR-460, Contamination Monitoring System

Abstract

The Air Force Institute for Operational Health is directed to support environmental remediation activities when radioactive materials are involved and has an emergency response element to respond to emergencies involving missing or dispersed radioactive materials. The Contamination Monitoring System (CMS) was designed to locate, identify, estimate activity, and reject natural background radiation with associated location (global positioning satellite system). The system collects the GPS coordinates via a Trimble GPS and associates the position with the spectral information collected by the 512 channel multi-channel analyzer (SAIC/Exploranium GR-460). The data is easily retrieved using the software supplied by the manufacturer. If a specific data point is located, the spectral information related to that position can be easily retrieved and viewed using various gamma analysis programs to determine if the material is the radionuclide of concern or naturally occurring background radiation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA464650

Entities

People

  • Jerry R. Hensley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Background Radiation
  • Computers
  • Contamination
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Health
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Radiation
  • Radioactive Materials

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space