consists of two pods mounted on a helicopter or light aircraft.
contains 20 5" x 2" NaI crystals.
Each pod
The signals from these detectors are
summed and submitted to a data acquisition system,
The output is monitored
by 8 single channel analyzers and a multichannel analyzer for gamma spectral
analysis.
whose
Also included in the system is an inertial navigation system
output is recorded simultaneously with the radiation data on magnetic
tape,
If the system were mounted on a helicopter travelling at 100 ft/sec,
the spatial resolution for 241 on the surface is apvroximately 100 feet
when using the single channel mode of operation,
High energy gamma enitters
mayy be located with a spatial
resolution of about 50 feet based upon
the
t
p
accuracy of the inertial navigation system.
for 60 Co and 131s is about 1
The minimum limits of detection
yR/hr and anproximately 1 ci/m® for
eb1
Am,
The system may also be flown satisfactorily on smell Tixed wing aircraft,
but the spatial resolution is directly relnted te airspeed,
The total weight of the system is Us:00 lbs and reauires 3 people to
operate.
It would take aeporoximately 1-3 weens to complese the survey de-
pending upon meteorological conditions.
he islands may also be taken with a scparate
cr
Aerial photographs ofo
EG&G system which incorporates four Hasselbled
lenses,
canerus equipped with 80 mm
High resolution vhotographs obtaired .ltih this system are a
necessity in order to accuretely identify Jecaticns where soil samples and
survey meter readings were obtained as well as to
assist in assessing the
amount of cleanup that will be required.
soil Sampling Progr oe”
The soil sampling program of the survey will be conducted in a manner
that will insure statistically meaningful results.
a
oO
@
15 em deep cores of 30 one are
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w
samples will be collected for enalysis:
(1)
; (2)
Several types of soil
A sampie consisting of two
A surface coil sample collected
by a “cookie cutter" of 30 on? area to a depth of 5,9 em; and (3)
A
profile collection besed upon side wall seacplinc in a trench in which
complete samples of fixed horizontal arca sre taken to selected depths.
The increments of depth sre chosen accordins to oredicted,
or known radioisotor. concentration ve,
suspected,
derth relitionshins and also
according to any soil herizens present eat tht sample lecation,
WNominal