Berkeley
Nucleonics, a California scientific instrumentation manufacturer, has
officially released Eagle 3.8.5, a powerful update to it’s Isotope
Identification Algorithms and Handheld Instrumentation Operating system.
New features in the OS, which can be field updated, address common
requirements from users across different disciplines. Workers in radiation
safety, health physics or emergency response are all benefitting from features
such as:
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Enhanced
“Review Spectra” capabilities
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Customizable
Trigger Lists (CTL) can be created by
the user on a PC with factory assistance.
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Food
Contamination Measurements - users gain the ability to quantify radiation contamination
in the field along with their real time radionuclide identification.
With the latest
release of the Eagle Operating System 3.8.5, BNC provides users of the SAM 940 with
a quick review feature to display the most recent spectra(s) captured at the
push of a button. Another handy feature
is to review only the most recent 10 Spectra.
Customized
Trigger Lists (CTL) allow users to set up instrumentation for application
specific activities. Because the SAM isotope identifiers serve a cross section
of user fields, we have added CTLs so users can narrow down the windows of
isotopes of interest. An inspector may have a very different mission
requirement than a hospital Radiation Safety Officer. CTLs enable quick program
management and simplify the end-user tasks.
The Food
Contamination Measurement feature enables users to make readings, presumably in
a known geometry, and then convert the radiation levels into contamination in
Becquerel / Kilogram. A computer is not required and the data need not be
transferred off of the SAM 940 Isotope Identifier.
New Feature - Review Recent Spectra
Quickly
refer to your ten most recently acquired Spectrum Reports
Starts with the most
recent, then press Previous to review the next most recent spectra in
descending order.
New Feature – Custom Trigger List / Custom
Nuclide Library
The default trigger
list is the ANSI list, but a new “User” trigger list can be selected in the
Field Settings menu, and this “User” list can be easily edited by using PC with
a CF card reader.
New Feature – Food Contamination Measurements
Measure radiation
activity in food, water, and soil samples.
Menu driven instructions to easily perform the necessary Efficiency
Calibrations for making these specific measurements.
Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation is a leading manufacturer of precision
electronic instrumentation for test, measurement and nuclear research. BNC has
its corporate headquarters in San Rafael, California with several additional
manufacturing facilities and sales offices located throughout the United
States. Founded in 1963, BNC has been a recognized leader in the field of
isotope identification and conducts hundreds of short courses on radiation
detection and isotope identification for Federal and State agencies.
