Awards
- Session
- 18:16 - 18:16
- Duration: 3 mins
- Publication date: 22 Nov 2016
- Location: NA, The Brewery, London, United Kingdom
- Part of event The IET Innovation Awards 2016
About the session
Creating intelligent radiation detection networks to defend against nuclear terrorism
The threat from terrorists of the detonation of a 'dirty bomb', i.e. a device using conventional explosives surrounded by nuclear material, is real. Kromek has developed an intelligent system that can provide real time detection of threat materials which can be networked across a whole city.
The judging panel commented:
“Creating cost effective Intelligent Radiation Detection Networks using new radiation detectors to form a real time radiation map will help safeguard the public from nuclear terrorism. This practical and effective solution makes Kromek a thoroughly worthy winner of the Intelligent Systems category.”