Site survey method and apparatus

Patent · 18 June 1991

OSTI ID:867877

Oldham, James G ^[1]; Spencer, Charles R ^[2]; Begley, Carl L ^[1]; Meyer, H Robert ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM
2. Boise, ID

The disclosure of the invention is directed to a site survey ground vehicle based apparatus and method for automatically detecting source materials, such as radioactivity, marking the location of the source materials, such as with paint, and mapping the location of the source materials on a site. The apparatus of the invention is also useful for collecting and analyzing samples. The apparatus includes a ground vehicle, detectors mounted at the front of the ground vehicle, and individual detector supports which follow somewhat irregular terrain to allow consistent and accurate detection, and autolocation equipment.

• Research Organization: MK-FERGUSON CO
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-83AL18796
• Assignee: MK-Ferguson Company (Cleveland, OH); Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc. (Columbia, SC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5025150
• Application Number: 07/257,732
• OSTI ID: 867877
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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