Radiation-detecting camera to be used at Fukushima
APR 02, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025966
Daily Mail : In an ongoing push to assess and ameliorate the aftereffects of last year’s earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has developed a prototype camera to detect radioactive hot spots. The Super-wide Angle Compton Camera, based on technology that will be deployed on JAXA’s next x-ray observation satellite, ASTRO-H, will be used to detect gamma-ray-emitting radioactive particles on roofs and other high structures around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Those locations are difficult to assess by hand-held monitors. Cleaning up the area and decommissioning the reactors is expected to take decades.
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