| Title | Compton imaging for standoff radiation detection: Report A |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Sinclair, L E ;
Saull, P R B |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7478, 2017, 9 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/302775  Open Access |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; radiometric surveys; gamma-ray surveys; radioactivity; health hazards; in-field instrumentation; equipment testing |
| Illustrations | schematic representations; photographs |
| Program | Canadian Hazard Information Service |
| Released | 2017 07 06 |
| Abstract | With funding from the Department of National Defence's (DND) Centre for Security Science, over the years from 2007 to 2012 a research team composed of scientists from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan),
the National Research Council (NRC), and McGill University developed imagers to find radioactive sources and show their location overlaid on a photograph. These imagers were developed primarily for use in security/surveillance, and in consequence
management. A follow-on DND-funded project called "Compton Imaging for Standoff Radiation Detection", governed by memoranda of understanding between DND and NRCan [1] and between DND and NRC [2], has been established in order to provide information
useful in determining whether the Canadian Forces should procure Compton imagers. This is Report A specified in those agreements. We provide an introduction to Compton imaging, discuss the current technology readiness level of Compton imagers in
Canada, and provide a status report of work under the project to date. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
With funding from the Department of National Defence¿s (DND) Centre for Security Science, over the years from 2007 to 2012 a research team composed of
scientists from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the National Research Council (NRC), and McGill University developed imagers to find radioactive sources and show their location overlaid on a photograph. These imagers were developed primarily for
use in security/surveillance, and in consequence management. A follow-on DND-funded project called Compton Imaging for Standoff Radiation Detection, governed by memoranda of understanding between DND and NRCan [1] and between DND and NRC [2], has
been established in order to provide information useful in determining whether the Canadian Forces should procure Compton imagers. This is Report A specified in those agreements. We provide an introduction to Compton imaging, discuss the current
technology readiness level of Compton imagers in Canada, and provide a status report of work under the project to date. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 302775 |
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