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Safety Through Aerial Robotics

The   DroneSensor   Series utilizes all-weather commercial heavy-lift UAVs with industrial-grade material designed for ease of use and quick deployment for radiation and chemical detection. The all-carbon-fiber frame construction gives the copter strength while making it incredibly lightweight. These UAVs are manufactured in a   NATO   country thus satisfying various U.S. government agencies’ security concerns. The commercial-grade brushless motors are highly efficient robust and offer hundreds of hours of worry-free flying. The  DroneRad  NEO is an octocopter with eight engines for redundancy and the ZOE quadcopter both have a folding frame for easy transporting. Other features include GPS position hold, automatic return to home, intelligent flight modes, and optional waypoint capability. All components are housed in a weatherproof canopy and both UVs are capable of flying in wind, rain, and snow. Wireless video downlink and flight telemetry overlay provide real-time data to the groun

Determining the Source of Stream Toxins with Continuous Monitoring

Determining Stream Toxins with Water Quality and Level Data When researcher Wesley Gerrin gained access to a sediment toxicity lab in the Experimental Forest on the University of Georgia campus, he wanted to investigate an on-campus lake for any potential contamination issues. After his research was completed, he was fortunate enough to have some extra grant funding for the addition of a few samples from any location on campus, so he chose one of the most exciting sites on the University premises: Tanyard Branch. As Wesley said, “We ran the tests, and everything looked good, except for Tanyard Branch.” Tanyard Branch has been one of the most heavily monitored creeks in the Athens-Clarke County area for the last couple of decades due to contamination - it has a long history of abuse beginning in the 1700s. Native Americans long used the area as hunting and fishing grounds, but it was eventually seized by colonists. The people who then settled into the area opened botanical gardens - thi

NGM 202L™ (Gas Monitor)

The NGM 202L monitor continuously measures the volumetric activity of noble gas and tritium in a radioactive effluent gaseous samples. FEATURES: Dynamic gamma radiation compensation Compact and reliable Minimum periodic maintenance DESCRIPTION: The NGM 202L monitor forms part of the RAMSYS™ product line. It has been developed to continuously sample the volumetric activity of noble gas and tritium in a radioactive effluent gaseous sample. This monitor can operate as a stand alone device or in conjunction with a particulate monitor (ABPM 201™ monitor), iodine monitor (IM 201™ monitor) and with a high range noble gas monitor (NGM 203™ monitor) to form a very wide range monitoring system. For More Information: usnuclearcorp.com

Stack Emission Monitoring

You might not be surprised knowing that out of the 30 most polluted cities of the world, 21 belong to India. As 51% of the air pollution source is industrial stack emissions, this demands an urgent need of regulating the parameters of stack emissions thrown by industries into the open air. So, in this article, you’ll know about the process of stack monitoring, i.e. how it’s done, and why it’s important. And if you are also looking for a continuous online emission monitoring system, then we’ll also introduce our emission monitoring system – The Sustainability Cloud. What is a stack? Defining the term stack, the “Long Height Chimneys” in industries are usually referred to as “stacks”. They are designed to emit or diffuse hot gases and pollutants at a safe height so that it doesn’t harm the surrounding area nearby the industries.   They are usually installed on Boilers, Furnaces and other Flues.  What is Stack Monitoring? Stack Monitoring is the process of monitoring the emissions coming

Gamma detection and spectroscopy module for application on drones

The NuEM DRONES G is state-of-the-art technology of NUVIATECH Instruments for light airborne monitoring taking advantage of drone devices as carriers. The system offers an excellent environmental radiation monitoring performance. It is designed for surveying smaller areas to search for uncontrolled radioactive sources, potential contamination or work in places with hazardous dose level. This module consists of a NaI(Tl) gamma spectroscopy probe, a high dose level detector equipped with two energy compensated GM tubes and a mini air sampler for air contamination measurement. The gamma spectroscopy unit works with spectra with resolution from 256 up to 2048 channels and energy range from 50 kev to 3 Mev. Typically the module is designed to incorporate NaI(Tl) detectors with dimensions of 2×2 or 3×3 inches. Time and position data synchronized with GPS. Real-time gamma dose rate measurement is based on recalculation from spectrum. Accumulation time is selectable by the user starting from 1

Autonomous Airborne Radiation Monitoring system

Complete UAV radiation mapping drone system US Nuclear UAV radiation mapping drone offers an accurate, affordable and versatile low-altitude aerial radiation detection vehicle which is an out of the box solution for anyone that needs to examine an area or patrol a location for radiation levels or contamination. The system gives you real-time location, measurement and mapping of radioactivity with isotope identification. UAV radiation and mapping drone: what do you get 1. Aerial unmanned drone A Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) with an all up weight less than 7.0 kg. This low total mass, coupled with the in-built redundancy of the aerial system represents a low risk of structural damage to buildings and the environment during its operation. This is in line with UK CAA guidelines. The drone has a number of supporting sensor: positioning fixing (Latitude and Longitude) by multi GNSS (GPS and Glonass), number of satellites and height above mean sea level (AMSL); temperature, humidity

New Advances in Special Drilling Devices for Space Surveying & Mining Missions to the Moon and Beyond

  Los Angeles, CA.  August 23, 2021 – On August 15, 2021, US  Nuclear’s  (OTCQB: UCLE) partner Adam Jan ZwierzyÅ„ski of Solar System Resources published a report on his research, prototyping, and testing of space drilling and extraction systems with the goal of developing fully autonomous mining robots for mining high-value minerals and elements from the moon, Mars, comets, and asteroids. The paper was published in ‘Energies’ journal and was written by  Adam Jan  ZwierzyÅ„ski , Wojciech Teper, RafaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowski, Andrzej Gonet, Tomasz Buratowski, Tadeusz Uhl, and Karol Seweryn. It was a collaboration between the Department of Drilling and Geoengineering at AGH University of Science and Technology and the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It discusses the dire global climate crisis and the need for ecological sources of energy and mining methods that could solve the problems before it is too late. Space is becoming a new area of possible drilling applications with the

WHY USE AGRICULTURE DRONES? MAIN BENEFITS AND BEST PRACTICES

How drone technology works To gain a better understanding of drones use in agriculture, let’s take a closer look at drone technology. Typically, a drone construction includes propulsion and navigation systems, GPS, sensors and cameras, programmable controllers as well as equipment for automated flights. The technology used for UAV drones for agriculture are built in a way that enables them to capture more accurate information than airplanes and satellites are capable of collecting. Drone-based aggrotech software processes the collected data and delivers it in an easy-to-read format.  All in all, the data collection process in the case of agriculture drones includes four logical steps: 1. Indicating flight parameters:  Outlining and evaluating the surveillance area and uploading GPS info into the drone navigation system. 2. Autonomous flights:  A UAV drone carries out a flight pattern according to the pre-established parameters and collects the required data. 3. Data upload:  The drone

Stack Monitoring Kit : Explained

Stack Monitoring Kit is designed to serve the most crucial purpose of measuring the total volumetric discharge of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants from the Boiler, DG stacks, Process outlets, Scrubber Outlets. It is very important to measure harmful pollutants emitted from industries in order to take decisions based on collected data to minimize the pollution. Stack monitoring kit plays major role in collecting samples from chimneys / Stacks in Stack monitoring Procedure. All the Gaseous stream effluents in accordance with the Air Act 1981 (Prevention &Control of Pollution) by which all industrial establishments have to measure and monitor emissions from their plants and keep them under controlled limits. To ensure this, each & every company (chemical, Pharmaceutical, manufacturing) should monitor their gaseous pollutants discharged into the environment at regular interval. Stack Monitoring Kit / Equipment consists of: Pitot tube:  “S-type” fabricated from SS304 or equ

Detection Via Drones: How Drones Are Being Used for Detection Purposes

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, are being employed for numerous life-saving missions, from humanitarian aid delivery to search and rescue operations. But drones can also go where people can’t (or shouldn’t). Today, several projects are underway to use drones for detection purposes in order to save and protect lives in many ways, particularly from dangers that are often hidden until it’s too late. UAS detection solutions range from detecting landmines to toxic gases and much more. UAS Sniff Out Toxic Emissions Drones are growing sensors as fast as they can be invented or resized. More and more drones are fitted with chemical detection sensors, while radiation detectors could safely detect toxic leaks. And when it comes to finding radioactive material, hazardous gases or even regular fuel leaks, flying a drone into hostile environments could be a faster and safer approach than having a human explore the situation. UAS can be used to detect radiation leaks in and around nuclea

Starve nuclear weapons to death with a tritium freeze

Proponents of nuclear non-proliferation will be pleased in late 2020 as the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) crosses the threshold of 50 ratifications and enters into force. Under this treaty, it will be illegal to hold nuclear weapons, and the parties will have to dismantle any in their possession. The problem with the TPNW approach is that no state that actually possesses nuclear weapons has signed it or is likely to. An alternative to this ‘all-or-nothing’ approach is needed—a freeze on the production of tritium is a different way to manage nuclear disarmament that will gradually bring an end to nuclear weapons. Tritium and its critical role in nuclear weapons  Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen (hydrogen-3). It is used in the nuclear weapon systems of most of the five nuclear weapon states (NWS)—China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia—today to ‘boost’ the yield of a fission weapon or fission primary. It is important to note