Southern Scientific has produced a new radiological surveying system that uses state-of-the-art GPS technology to obtain precise radiological mapping information
The RadSurvey is fully weatherproof and consists of a sodium iodide gamma-ray scintillation detector mounted with an easy to use pocket computer and an automatic beacon-corrected GPS receiver with sub-metre accuracy.
The system has a long battery life and a built-in multi channel analyser that can be used in the field or the spectra saved and recalled later.
During operation, the radiological and positional information (for example latitude, longitude or OSGB) is displayed on the screen and also stored on an SD card that has many days of data recording space.
The data can then be transferred to GIS mapping software to produce contour maps and reports of potentially contaminated areas.
This system is ideally suited for remediation work and emergency response activities.
