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Detector Development & Testing Division

The Detector Development and Testing Division focuses on research, development and testing of radiation detectors for nonproliferation, treaty verification and homeland security applications.

Click image to enlarge...The Detector Development and Testing Division collaborates with other national laboratories, commercial entities and the BNL Instrumentation Division in developing advanced detectors that offer greater range, selectivity and ease of use over currently available systems.  These projects offer the opportunity to build and test various detector systems in a real world environment for potential deployments in the war against terror.

The Division also tests and evaluates commercial as well as laboratory prototype radiation detectors at the BNL Radiation Detector Test and Evaluation Center (RADTEC) under funding from the Department of Homeland Security.  BNL has constructed a test facility (RADTEC) that allows the assembly and testing of commercial off-the-shelf technologies (COTS) and government off-the-shelf technologies (GOTS).  This facility supports the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Countermeasures Test Bed (CMTB), providing baseline data for protection against known radiation sources.  The purpose of CMTB is to assess the feasibility, cost and usefulness of deploying radiation or nuclear-material detectors for either the interdiction or consequence management scenarios for homeland security.

For more information please contact Carl Czajkowski, Division Head at 631-344-4420 cjc@bnl.gov.

 

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Last Modified: January 31, 2008
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