The City has received a grant for the initial purchase of Personal Radiation Detection Devices. If additional funding is available the City may choose to make additional purchases.
Personal Radiation Detectors (PRD’s) shall meet the following requirements:
1. PRD Unit must be rugged all-weather unit that can operate in the following environment: driving rain, 20 – 120 degree Fahrenheit temperature range, and dropped tested from 36 inches.
2. Detector: Function Gamma Ray detection, Cesium Iodide Scintillation detector with high sensitivity photo-multiplier tube.
3. Energy Range: 30 keV -3 Mev
4. Power: Two – Four Double AA batteries with a battery life of 5,000 hours.
5. Durable construction that is small enough to wear on a belt as a pager. No larger dimensions then 4” x 2.75” x 1.5” and weigh no more than 1 lb.