US Nuclear Corp. engages in developing, manufacturing and selling radiation detection and measuring equipment. The company markets and sells its products to consumers throughout the world.
Technology and Products
The company designs and develops both technologies in-house. The company has complete ownership of all of its technology and there are no licenses held by any outside party. The company has sought out niche markets in its business by becoming a leading category player in devices such...
US Nuclear Corp. engages in developing, manufacturing and selling radiation detection and measuring equipment. The company markets and sells its products to consumers throughout the world.
Technology and Products
The company designs and develops both technologies in-house. The company has complete ownership of all of its technology and there are no licenses held by any outside party. The company has sought out niche markets in its business by becoming a leading category player in devices such as Tritium equipment. The company’s products consist of radiation water monitors, tritium monitors, air and water monitors, nano-second x-ray monitors, and vehicle, personnel, exit and room monitors. The company also offers handheld survey meters/dosimeters, and port security equipment, along with supporting software and services.
Radiation Water Monitors
The company’s radiation water monitors allow detection of radioactive materials in drinking water, ground water, rainfall, rivers, and lakes. In order to detect radioactive materials, the emitted radiation must travel from the radiation emitter to the detector. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Neutron radiation moves well through air, but poorly through water. The complexity of detecting radiation in water and developing an efficient monitor has given the company’s monitors a reasonable edge against competitors, and for this reason, has limited competition in the water monitor business. The company’s radiation water monitors are used to check for radioactive materials being released as liquid effluent in drain pipes by universities, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, oil and gas extraction facilities, industrial chemical plants, and nuclear reactor plants.
Tritium Monitors
The company is one of very few companies that currently operate within the tritium space. The company’s Overhoff Technology Corp unit is a leading manufacturer of tritium detection and monitors. The demand for tritium detection and monitors are steadily increasing as countries develop solutions to their energy needs. In addition to CANDU reactors (Canada Deuterium Uranium), the next generation of nuclear reactors called Molten Salt Reactors, (MSR) and Liquid-Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) utilize fuels other than traditional uranium and plutonium sources. Thorium, which is more significantly abundant than uranium, is very difficult to use to create nuclear weapons, is favored by many governments, and as a source of conventional energy it has been proven to be highly effective. By way of energy production, MSR and LFTRs produce high amounts of tritium which need to be constantly monitored for detection. Additionally, the waste products of LFTR reactors are less hazardous than the current light-water uranium-plutonium reactors, and thus, LFTR reactors provide higher level of safety and security against terrorist threats. The Company expects that a significant portion of its future sales and business strategy is tied to the growth of MSR and LFTRs, as well as from CANDU reactors.
Tritium holds a very dangerous health risk and high levels of exposure to tritium increases risk of developing cancer. To combat tritium leaks and to maintain acceptable levels, the vompany has developed several tritium monitors to gauge tritium in water and in the air.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Tritium Monitors
US Nuclear Corp’s radiation water monitors allow detection of radioactive materials in drinking water, ground water, rainfall, rivers, and lakes. In order to detect radioactive materials, the emitted radiation must travel from the radiation emitter to the detector. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Neutron radiation moves well through air, but poorly through water. The complexity of detecting radiation in water and developing an efficient monitor has given the company’s monitors a reasonable edge against competitors, and for this reason, has limited competition in the water monitor business. The company has invested more than ten years developing highly sensitive detectors for this market, giving it a clear advantage over competitors. The company’s radiation water monitors are used to check for radioactive materials being released as liquid effluent in drain pipes by universities, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, oil and gas extraction facilities, industrial chemical plants, and nuclear reactor plants.
Overhoff Technology has leading control over market share in the Tritium monitor space as the top maker of Tritium monitors. Tritium monitors are a highly delicate process and are particularly dependent on the selection of the finest materials, such as Teflon for low leakage insulators and nafion membranes for separation of noble gas from Tritium. The company’s Overhoff DC amplifiers called electrometers are stable with the ability to register small currents down to the femto-ampere level, 10-13 to 10-15ampre range. The Overhoff electrometer also has the unique ability to reject false counts from Radon gas. Because Tritium is a radioactive material, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations and state health agencies require Tritium to be measured at every nuclear power plant, all national laboratories, in the nuclear-powered Navies of the United States, France and the United Kingdom, at weapons facilities, at pharmaceutical and pesticide research facilities, and at Fusion Power research sites.
DroneRAD Aerial Radiation Detection
US Nuclear Corp has partnered with FlyCam UAV (a drone manufacturer). The two companies have married their two technologies with the NEO, an all-weather UAV octocopter capable of carrying a number of radiation and chemical detection sensors. With the advent of merging FlyCam UAV’s NEO and US Nuclear Corp sensor technology aerial radiation and chemical detection is a reality. The DroneSensor system (the first of its kind) uses state-of-the-art industrial grade drones carrying radiation & chemical sensors. Wireless transmission to ground station provides real-time data.
Air and Water Monitors
The company’s Overhoff Air Monitors come in both hand-held portables and mid-to large-sized air and stack monitors. These are classified as Dual Ion Chamber style detectors or Dual Proportional Detectors. The sample flows into one chamber where ionization current is measured, and at the same time a sealed background detector of the same volume measures the ionization current due to any external gamma emitters plus the addition of background from radioactive minerals in the soil with cosmic rays. The current from the background chamber is subtracted from the current in the main sample chamber to give the net tritium level without distortion from radon or gamma in the background. In nuclear power plants, radioactive noble gases are also in the air stream in small or large quantities. Overhoff combats this problem using Dow Chemical Nafion tubing which physically separates the noble gases from the tritium oxide prior to measurement. The company is expecting a large number of its users and larger numbers of its competitor’s customers will need to replace or supplement their current air and stack monitors to combat the two biggest pollution nuclides now coming out of nuclear power plants, tritium and C-14. As of today, only US Nuclear Corp offers these full-service monitors.
Vehicle Monitors, Personnel Monitors, Exit Monitors and Room Monitors
The company’s suite of radiation monitors can be used in various scenarios where humans may come into contact with radiation contamination. The company’s Vehicle Monitors, Personnel Monitors, Exit Monitors and Room Monitors are effective tools in detection of radiation in hospitals where radioactivity is used in many departments, such as nuclear medicine, oncology, blood labs, and imaging. Since radiation is also used in diagnosing and treating cancer, and since some cancers can develop in any organ, each department in a hospital becomes involved, from ophthalmology to thoracic medicine. Additionally, the company’s monitors are used to check hospital laundry to detect any radiation on clothes as well as in trash bins before they are picked up by the applicable waste management team. Lastly, the company’s monitors can be placed in the entrance of hospitals in case there is an incident at a nearby nuclear power plant. These monitors are the first line of defense against further contamination, by providing early warning detection; doctors can provide treatment without placing other patients and staff in direct contact with patients who are contaminated with radiation.
Radon Air Monitors and Radon Switch Products
The company produces a full line of radon air monitors and switches that are used to determine the radon content in the air in basements, mills, mines, buildings, or anywhere that radon concentration is a concern. The radon switch products activate and controls radon mitigation fans. These switches have a built-in computer storage with data storage. The company also makes a radon tritium monitor that is a portable instrument used for detection and measurement of airborne Vadose zone, between the top of the ground surface to the water table.
Handheld Survey Meters and Personal Dosimeters, Pocket Micro-R Meters
The company’s survey meters are light-weight, hand-held radiation detectors. They function as general-purpose radiation survey meters, but also serve as special purpose survey meters. For example, the company’s radon monitors are used in mines where workers are at risk for breathing radon gas along with air. The company’s surface monitors are used in hospitals, research labs, even in high school chemistry and physics labs to check for radioactive contamination on lab benches. Friskers are used to check if worker’s hands or shoe bottoms have picked up any radiation contamination and the company’s Gamma survey meter check packages at post offices or airports for radiation, along with scrap metals at collection points and again before it is accepted for processing.
Port Security Equipment
Due to increased terror threats from IED (Improvised Explosive Devices), dirty bombs and potential radioactive materials following 9/11 at shipping ports, the company began utilizing passive detectors to review radiation emanating from inside containers. While other port security scanners generally use radioactive materials or x-ray generating machines to check everything from shipping containers, Federal Express, USPS (United States Postal Service) packages, and luggage for contraband, the company’s scanner solutions do not use radiation, allowing for safe usage by investigators. The company’s RAD-CANSCAN machines can measure which shipping containers hold radioactive materials by mapping inside the container so that TSA personnel will know the results without having to open each container. Additionally, the company’s TBM-6SPE is a multi-detector system that lets an investigator check specifically for each of the four main emissions of radiation, Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutrons.
Software
The company’s Overhoff Overview software program provides centralized radiation and environmental monitoring for entire facilities within one building or several square miles allowing monitoring of a nuclear power plant or subway station. Overview accepts data from networked radiation detectors, environmental monitors and webcams, and allows the user to view and generate reports on the data, as well as track maintenance due on instruments. Additionally, Overview lets the user see real-time monitoring for differential pressure on containment boxes or rooms. The company’s software measures gamma and neutron radiation levels, airborne radioactivity levels, temperature and humidity in the facility, status of security doors, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure.
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