Radiation surveillance using an unmanned aerial vehicle

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-344

  Pöllänen, Roy ^a   Toivonen, Harri ^a   Peräjärvi, Kari ^a   Karhunen, Tero ^a   Ilander, Tarja ^a   Lehtinen, Jukka ^b   Rintala, Kimmo ^c   Katajainen, Tuure ^c   Niemelä, Jarkko ^c   Juusela, Marko ^c  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b Senya Ltd Rekitie 7A   (Finland)

^c Patria Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

137Cs; 192Ir; Air sampling; Alpha spectrometry; Dose rate; Gamma ray spectrometry; Radiation surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIR FILTERS; ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CESIUM; DETECTORS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; IRIDIUM; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STARS; URANIUM; VEHICLES;

137CS; 192IR; AIR SAMPLING; ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; DOSE RATE; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION SURVEILLANCE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACTINIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FILTER; FLOW RATE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTROMETRY; TECHNOLOGY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIRCRAFT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 58049189130     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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