[ RadSafe ] WFU professor designs atomic emission detector forDepartment of Homeland Security

[John Jacobus]

Mike,
Apparently you missed the importance of this work.
"The three-year project is FUNDED by . . . "

--- "Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
wrote:

> Do you think we should tell them about hand held
> gamma spec instruments?
> Or the other meters we've been using for the last
> few decades?
> 
> As for contamination after a dirty bomb attack; If I
> can't detect it
> with a micro R, I have a hard time getting excited. 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of ROY HERREN
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:20 PM
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] WFU professor designs atomic
> emission detector
> forDepartment of Homeland Security 
> 
> http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2007.09.11.a.php
>    
>   WFU professor designs atomic emission detector for
> Department of
> Homeland Security 
>   
> September 11, 2007
>   Brad Jones, a professor of chemistry at Wake
> Forest University, is
> leading a team of researchers at four institutions
> to develop the first
> handheld, field instrument capable of detecting and
> identifying
> radioactive particles at the site of potential
> contamination.  The
> device will enable authorities to quickly test dust,
> soil, water and
> crops in the event of a terrorist attack such as a
> "dirty" bomb. 
>   The three-year project is funded by the National
> Science Foundation in
> conjunction with the Department of Homeland
> Security, which asked
> scientists to submit proposals for radioactivity
> detection devices.
> Jones, who specializes in creating spectroscopic
> instruments, saw the
> potential to adapt a design he originally conceived
> years ago to permit
> rapid field testing for lead in blood samples.  
> . . .

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"If you guard your toothbrushes and diamonds with equal zeal, you'll probably lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds."
- Former national security advised McGeorge Bundy
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


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