RPM Market Customer Pains

Nuisance alarms cause high operational expenses

Many natural and industrial goods are slightly radioactive, triggering nuisance alarms in conventional portal monitor systems. Large ports like Los Angeles / Long Beach experience an average of 500 nuisance radiation alarms per day. The need for additional personnel, equipment, space, and logistic support to clear all alarms results in additional expenses of approximately USD 500'000 per day. Arktis's technology allows to significantly reduce nuisance alarms by being able to efficiently filter NORM (naturally occuring radioactive materials) from dangerous substances.

Shielded nuclear material

Currently deployed systems have a sensitivity that is badly aligned to the most devastating threats: Nuclear weapons. Arktis's direct fast neutron detection technology offers a superior tool to detect such threats by offering unique sensitivity to dangerous radiation sources.

He-3 supply problem

He-3 based detectors are today's workhorse for all neutron detection applications. They are deployed at ports and borders in Homeland Security applications, in the nuclear industry they are used for for waste and safeguard management purposes. Demand for He-3 has outpaced production by a factor ten, causing availability shortages for He-3-based neutron detectors. This situation is viewed as a national crisis in the US. Government as well as industry are actively looking for new technologies to fill the gap.

Arktis's neutron detection technology is based on Helium 4 gas (the gas kids' baloons are filled with).