Experimental HEP Seminar

Emergency Radiation Mapping

Laurel Sinclair

Geological Survey of Canada
Natural Resources Canada

Under the Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan, Natural Resources Canada is responsible for providing aerial mapping of radioactivity in the event of an accidental or malicious dispersion. The emergency response systems are sensitive to gamma and neutron fields and are related to detectors used in particle and medical physics. New gradiometric and imaging techniques have the potential to improve significantly our capability to guide responders in search and recovery operations. A description of our current response methods, and our investigations into new techniques, will be presented.