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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2010
Steven W. Pauly, Knoxville, TN (US);
William Richardson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Richard S. Seymour, Clinton, TN (US);
Steven W. Pauly, Knoxville, TN (US);
William Richardson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Richard S. Seymour, Clinton, TN (US);
Nucsafe, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a radiation monitoring system that has a radiation detector for making radiation measurements within a monitored area. An occupancy sensor may be provided for detecting a presence of an entity in the monitored area, and a motion sensor may be provided for detecting a motion of the entity in the monitored area. In a typical embodiment, a radiation measurement collection system is provided which has a first program logic element for collecting the radiation measurements as collected radiation measurements when the presence of the entity is detected and the motion of the entity is detected. Also provided is a method for monitoring an area for intermittent sources of radiation.