MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax-AVN) - A high-sensitive system used to detect and identify nuclear substances has been presented by the Iron and Steel Metallurgy R&D Institute at the Arkhimed 2002 international exhibition held at the Sokolniki exhibition center in Moscow, one of the developers of the system Nikolai Valuyev told Interfax-Military News Agency on Friday.
Valuyev said that the system had been designed for operational control over cargo, transportation means and luggage in order to prevent illegal transportation of nuclear and radioactive substances on transportation routes. The device comprises detection units, photoelectric presence sensors, alarm units and a computer with interface modules.
The system boasts unmatched high-sensitivity characteristics; it is capable of identifying the nuclear composition of the substance and determine over-background emission power of moving objects.
The system excels similar assets abroad in its detection capabilities and false alarm prevention characteristics.