End-window G-M detectors are still used as a general purpose portable radioactive contamination measurement and detection instrument, owing to their relatively low cost, robustness and their relatively high detection efficiency; particularly with high energy beta particles.
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"' RAE Systems "', Inc . is a global provider of wireless, gas and radiation detection instruments and systems that enable real-time safety and security threat detection to help mitigate risk, and protect workers, contractors, the public and assets.
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"' Atomic Weapons Detection Recognition and Estimation of Yield "'known by the acronym "'AWDREY "'was a desk-mounted automatic detection instrument, located at 13 of the 25 Royal Observer Corps ( ROC ) controls, across the United Kingdom, during the Cold War.
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Both she and Dr . S . Fred Singer, emeritus professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and a designer of the ozone-detection instrument now used on satellites, disputed the contention that ozone depletion inevitably led to observable increases in ultraviolet radiation.
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The scale is set to read 0 to 500 parts per billion, but can be adjusted higher " if you think you're going to be getting into some heavy stuff, " said Michael Shaw, vice president of marketing for Interscan, which specializes in gas-detection instruments.
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The company s product line includes gas monitoring and detection instruments, filter-type respirators, gas masks, breathing apparatus used by firefighters, thermal imaging cameras, firefighter helmets, ballistic body armor, military communications systems, a broad range of industrial head and fall protection products, and safety products for Do-It-Yourself consumers.
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Due to their high degree of expressiveness ( e . g ., information density ) and their instantaneous, automated generation, the maps additionally serve to reflect the current status of system and development processes, bridging an essential information gap between management and development teams, improve awareness about the status, and serve as early risk detection instrument.
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ESU members tactical SWAT training includes the use of irritant chemical agents, HAZMAT personal protective equipment ( PPE ), victim technical rescue equipment, forcible entry techniques, elevator rescue, HAZMAT detection instruments, HAZMAT decontamination, dangerous animal and reptile management, defensive electronic immobilization shields, barricade response, tactical formations, and the use of a myriad of both semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms.
