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Radiation Detection Backpacks


AEL Category: 07. Detection

AEL Title: Detector, Radiation, Alarming, Personal (Gamma and Neutron)

AEL Number: 07RD-01-PDGA

SAVER Project: Radiation Detectors — Radiation Pagers

Radiation detection backpacks are designed to covertly detect the presence of radioactive material. Responders use these systems to find lost radioactive sources and to find maliciously introduced radioactive sources.

Please contact NUSTL@hq.dhs.gov regarding access to the following additional documents: Focus Group Report, Market Survey Report, and Assessment Report on Radiation Detection Backpacks.

Find this project in the FEMA Authorized Equipment List and InterAgency Board Interactive Standardized Equipment List.

Attachment Ext. Size Date
Radiation Detection Backpacks Highlight (November 2010) PDF 298.5 KB
Radiation Detection Backpacks Summary (January 2013) PDF 659.3 KB
Last Updated: 01/31/2023
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