Introduction April 26, 1986, will go into history as the date when the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station exploded causing radioactive contamination of a wide area practically in all Europe. The initial explosions and heat carried volatile radioactive materials up to 1.5 km height from where these materials were transported over large territories. Plumes containing numerous quan...

Radioactive sources exist in environments or contexts that influence how they are detected and localised. For instance, the context of a moving source is different from a stationary source because of the effects of motion. The need to incorporate this contextual information in the radiation detection and localisation process has necessitated the integration of radiological and contextual sensor...

As radiation levels around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan increase, the Japanese people as well as individuals around the world have expressed fear of radiation that some experts say could be more unhealthy than the levels of leaked radioactive contamination. This article addresses why individuals fear radiation and provides resources occupational health nurses can consu...

The Dragon (Drone for RAdiation detection of Gammas and Neutrons) prototype aims at designing developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a system able to identify radioactive materials, spread over area or located in specific position. is focused on the localization unknown emitter its subsequently identification. proposed made up two easily interchangeable systems, one will be u...

A coordinated research project initiated by the IAEA on “Radiochemical, chemical and physical characterization of radioactive particles in the environment” was conducted by a research group representing twelve countries (Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine, USA) and the European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Transura...