Canberra shows Falcon 5000 portable radiation detector
The company has more than four decades of experience in radiation measurements of all kinds; the Falcon 5000, a portable radionuclide identifier for first responders, determines whether there is a radiation source present, the location of that source, and which isotopes are emitting the radiation
Meriden, Connecticut-based CANBERRA is a solid company with more than four decades experience in all types of radiation measurement — and a record of offering good, reliable products based on that experience. We note that it has introduced the Falcon 5000, an advanced portable Radionuclide Identifier (RID) based on a high-purity germanium (BEGe) detector. The Falcon 5000 determines whether there is a radiation source present, the location of that source, and which isotopes are emitting the radiation. The device is thus suitable for security, emergency, and interdiction applications, and it delivers what the company calls “laboratory-quality germanium gamma spectroscopy in a field-portable package.” Note also that the new device comes with advanced electrical cooling which allows the system to cool down in less than three hours while still providing six to eight hours of independent field operation. The Falcon 5000 also features hot-swappable batteries for virtually unlimited field operation.
The Falcon 5000 also comes with CANBERRA’s gamma analysis software, Genie 2000.
