GammaTRACER is a new concept in radiation monitoring, designed and manufactured by Genitron Instruments. Until now two types of system have been used for long term environmental surveillance. Both have advantages and disadvantages:
- On-line measurement networks represent a relatively significant investment in setting up a fixed infrastructure (mains power, modem or radio communications, installation costs, etc).
- Passive integrating TLD dosimeters are flexible, easy to install and, above all, cheap but can not provide information on variations in the radiation level over time or minimum / maximum values because they integrate the dose rate.
The GammaTRACER probe is an autonomous data logging unit. Running off its own internal batteries, it stores the gamma dose rate value at intervals that can be preset by the user. |
