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The FLIR Radiations identiFINDER-UW, Underwater Version, was developed to satisfy demanding operational requirements of the United States Coast Guard. One of the many responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to intercept and search cargo and other ocean vessels before they enter a US port. The intent is to intercept illegal materials or items before they enter the United States. Items of great concern are nuclear material for the production of weapons or actual weapons. The method used to investigate for the presence of radioactive material involves the use of handheld radionuclide detection and identification instruments. Because of the high and caustic humidity encountered on the ocean, the waterproof identiFINDER was requested and developed.

The Under Water identiFINDER includes a NaI (Tl) detector plus a GM tube, for high gamma dose rate measurements. Every unit is supplied with a belt holster, wrist strap, cables, battery pack for rechargeable and non- rechargeable batteries, charging unit, download and analysis software and a carrying case with shoulder strap. Three push buttons that align with on-screen menu items are all that is needed to operate this instrument, even with only one gloved hand. Scintillation detectors are reasonable sensitive and provide a resolution suited to the identification of most un-shielded and un-masked radionuclides. These detectors, combined with photomultiplier tubes, are, however, susceptible to temperature variations, high count rates and magnetic field changes while being operated in the field. As such they require an initial, power-up calibration verification and continuous stabilization to verify that the spectrum location of a radionuclide peak is the same for all measurements at all times. The identiFINDER performs a calibration verification during the power-up sequence and is continually stabilized while powered up using one of two methods; internal Cs-137 or external K-40 source, primary peak location or LED peak location.

Applications

• Customs / Border Security
• First Responders
• Civil Defence

• Military / Police
• Nuclear / Environmental
• Steel / Scrap Metal Industry
• Nuclear Medicine

Benefits

• Detects, locates, measures and identifies radionuclides
• Automatic calibration and continuous stabilization
• Digital signal processing

• Easy to operate
• Visible, audible and tactile alarms
• Isotope ID based on template matching

Downloads

• Technical Data identiFINDER UW

Please find more downloads on FLIR Radiation Service and Support.