Portable radiation survey meter with scintillation detector (NaI)
Use and function |
The illegal trade with radioactive material requires increased security measures at borders, airports, international ports and all security areas in order to detect radioactive sources in a reliable way and protect people for danger. For this kind of security checks it is evident to become a quick result. With its NaI-scintillation detector, the SCINTO belongs to the fastest and most sensitive dose rate meters, being 500 - 1000 times as sensitive as a conventional Geiger-Müller counter tube. This makes it possible to use the SCINTO for reliable measurement and radiation detection in a range starting from natural background level. |
| Fields of application | |
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to check people or transports, vehicles or goods for the presence of radioactivity, e.g. for customs check or general security purposes |
| • | to locate and segregate very precisely radioactive material or radioactive sources in a truckload or a railcar after an alarm was generated by a stationary system |
| • | to check safe-deposit box plants in banks |
| • | to check non-identified baggage, e.g. before opening |
| • | for checking in the recycling field |
| • | to trace smoke ionisation detectors after a fire in a building |
