“WEARABLE RADIATION BADGE”

National Institute of Justice
Annual Technology Conference
The 5th Annual Technologies for Public Safety in Critical Incident Response Conference & Exposition, September 23-25, 2003, St. Louis, Missouri.
http://www.nlectc.org/training/nijconf.html
http://www.nlectc.org/training/nij2003/Patel.pdf
Presenation on Wearable Radiation Badge
 

It is believed that terrorists have a new weapon called dirty bomb, a conventional explosive packed with a radioactive material. A dirty bomb would barely kill any body but it would create havoc/panic, boost cancer rate and force costly clean up. It is considered a weapon of mass disruption.

Following a terrorist attack with a "dirty bomb", people exposed to X-ray and the "First Responders" such as police and fire fighters, want to know, "Did I receive a lethal exposure to X-ray or will I be OK?". Medical personnel treating the victims need to know quickly the radiation dose each individual has received to ensure that treatment is provided first to those who need it the most.

JP Laboratories has developed a radiation dosimeter (called SIRAD for Self-indicating Instant Radiation Alert Dosimeter) that answers those questions quickly and cheaply. When exposed to radiation from a "dirty bomb" or nuclear detonation, SIRAD develops blue color instantly providing the wearer or medical personnel instantaneous information on cumulative radiation exposure of the victim. It requires expensive and bulky equipment and can take days to get that information by other methods. SIRAD badge is a simple, light weight, tissue equivalent and inexpensive radiation dosimeter. It will monitor up to 1,000 rads of X-ray. It has little effect of ambient conditions. The dosimeter will minimize the panic that can be caused by a dirty bomb.

Presentation on Wearable Radiation Badge