GAMMALERT SYSTEM

Under normal conditions, the ambient gamma radiation level due to natural radioactive sources does not represent a health risk neither for the population nor for living creatures in general. However, modern industrial activities can emit unwanted radiation into the environment, with a specific level of danger, which must be measured.

The origin can be in certain accidents or radioactive escapes of different natures, coming from nuclear waste storage facilities, electrical nuclear fuel centrals, Uranium mineral processing plants or any other facilities handling radioactive products or sources.

The proximity to any of these potential sources of radiation can represent a serious danger, although the distance from them does not represent any safety guarantee whatsoever. To this regard, suffice it to remember the nuclear accident of Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in April 1986, the effects of which were noticed in most of Northern Europe with abnormal levels of radiation having been detected in areas quite to the west of the continent.

Although safety in present nuclear facilities has improved substantially, it is reasonable to implement monitoring systems for measuring the environmental radiation level, allowing to know at all times their values and estimate the risk of pollution and in which degree it would affect the population.

To this end, GEONICA has designed the GammAlert System, capable of continuously measuring the ambient gamma radiation by means of remote stations provided with a gamma detector, connected to its electronic unit , who will store and transmit data to a Central Radioactive Monitoring Station.