Japanese firms purchase radiation detection devices
Universal Detection Technology (UNDT) recently announced that it has shipped radiation detection devices to companies across Japan including those in heavy industries, telecommunications, and electronics; according to UNDT, Japanese companies have been purchasing a range of devices including dosimeter systems to measure cumulative radiation exposure and advanced survey meters and surface monitors that detect the amount of contamination on surfaces
Universal Detection Technology (UNDT) recently announced that it has shipped radiation detection devices to companies across Japan including those in heavy industries, telecommunications, and electronics.
UNDT, a manufacturer of early-warning monitoring devices that sense biological, chemical, and radiological threats, said that it had shipped the devices in April and May.
According to UNDT, Japanese companies have been purchasing a range of devices including dosimeter systems to measure cumulative radiation exposure and advanced survey meters and surface monitors that detect the amount of contamination on surfaces.
The devices range in price from $450 for dosimeters to $9,000 for sophisticated survey meters or isotope identifiers that can pick out which isotope has been detected.
Jacques Tizabi, the chairman and CEO of UNDT, said that the recent acquisitions by Japanese firms were in response to the ongoing nuclear crises at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Since the 11 May earthquake and tsunami knocked out the cooling systems at the facility, the reactors have continued to steadily leak trace amounts of radiation that have been detected in topsoil and food sources miles away.
“As the focus of the Fukushima disaster shifts from widespread contamination to cleanup efforts we are seeing more interest in our more sophisticated detection devices such as the survey meters and isotope identifiers that can not only detect radiation but also identify the isotope,” Tizabi said. “We expect this interest to continue as reports of high gamma radiation in the Fukushima prefecture continue.”
To assist with earthquake relief efforts in Japan, the company has offered a 5 percent discount on all radiation detection products to those who done to the Red Cross.
