Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 15:07 in Astronomy & Space

Thanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA`s Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive material mixed with conventional explosives in ‘dirty bombs`.

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