The federal government (namely the Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office) always has the latest and greatest toys. It gets high-tech radiation detectors, but what do the ordinary citizens get? Do an Internet search for "radiation detectors" and you will mainly see a bunch of non-calibrated radiation detectors from the 1950s/60s Cold War heyday or high-end detectors that are very expensive. The latest DHS toys debuted at a race track and were the following next-generation radiation detection systems: (1) stand-off radiation detection systems; and (2) a roadside tracker.
While crowds filled the stands to watch the Belmont Stakes races in New York in mid-June, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) worked with police from Nassau and Suffolk counties to explore concepts of operation for three experimental next-generation radiation detection systems. The prototype systems are designed to indentify and precisely locate sources of radiation.
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