Advanced Radiation Panel design for applications in National Security and Food Safety

TL;DR

This paper introduces a scalable, cost-effective radiation detection panel using scintillator technology and solid-state photo-detectors, suitable for food safety and national security applications.

Contribution

It presents a novel, simple, and robust radiation panel design that can be easily scaled for various security and safety applications.

Findings

High efficiency and robustness of the panel design

Ease of scalability from small to large sizes

Potential applications in food safety and security

Abstract

We describe a new concept for a basic radiation detection panel based on conventional scintillator technology and commercially available solid-state photo-detectors. The panels are simple in construction, robust, very efficient and cost-effective and are easily scalable in size, from tens of cm$^2$ to tens of m$^2$. We describe two possible applications: flagging radioactive food coontamination and detection of illicit radio nucleides, such as those potentially used in a terrorist attack with a dirty bomb.