Special Nuclear Material and Nuclear Threat Identifier

Radiation Monitoring Systems

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The Special Nuclear Material and Nuclear Threat Identifier family includes advanced instruments designed for rapid detection, identification and verification of fissile materials and radiological threats in security, safeguards and emergency-response scenarios. These systems combine high-efficiency gamma and neutron detection with advanced digital pulse processing and proprietary identification algorithms to enable reliable recognition of Special Nuclear Material (SNM), spent fuel and radiological sources even in shielded or complex environments.

By integrating spectroscopy, neutron multiplicity analysis and high-rate digital acquisition in portable or field-deployable configurations, the family supports both operational security missions and nuclear safeguards verification. Solutions range from highly mobile threat-identification platforms for field deployment to non-destructive assay (NDA) systems designed for quantitative characterization of nuclear fuel assemblies, ensuring high accuracy, rapid measurement cycles and reduced operator intervention.

  • Combined gamma spectroscopy and neutron analysis for fast, high-confidence identification of SNM and radiological threats

  • Portable and deployable systems suited for field operations, emergency response and safeguards verification

  • Advanced digital processing and real-time data analysis for accurate detection in complex or shielded scenarios

CBRN scenario

The SNIPER-GN is designed for the CBRN defense and can be deployed in:

  • Search and Secure operations
  • Security control in airports
  • Nuclear industrial facilities and sensitive area’s radiation survey
  • Radiological dispersal device (RDD) detection and identification
  • First responder prompt intervention
  • Customs border inspections

 

Industrial scenario

SNIPER-GN can also be used for critical infrastructure’s perimeters monitoring or in other stages of the nuclear fuel cycle like:

  • Enrichment Plant survey and verifications
  • Spent Fuel safeguards
  • UF6 Cylinders characterization
  • Fast Waste screening
  • Urban waste controls
  • Facility remote unattended monitoring

Civil scenario

SNIPER-GN is also suitable for public events fast deployment and other ordinary security activities like:

  • Parcel scanning in shipping facilities
  • Entry-points for concerts, sporting events, and other large public gatherings
  • Discrete scanning for advanced detection in crowded public areas
  • Screening assessment of contamination sites
  • RDD search & detection in airport and harbor cargo container
  • Preventative radiation survey for event protection

The Solution

SNIPER-GN is offering an easy and fast way to detect and identify hidden Special Nuclear Material and it immediately resolves the threat without the need to execute extra measurements and to involve highly specialized personnel.

SNIPER-GN is designed for the nuclear & homeland security communities. It is capable to “detect and identify” Plutonium, SNM, and spent fuel in a few seconds at a distance that is ten time greater than today detection standards (ISO and ANSI that do not include the “Identification“ feature).

SNIPER-GN is equipped wit our latest PSD technology combined with sophisticated algorithms that mix spectroscopy, counting and neutron multiplicity. This technology has been already qualified by well-known nuclear research institutions (e.g. ENEA) and has been adopted by the IAEA Safeguards Division which uses the CAEN Fast Neutron Collar Monitor for nuclear fuel verification.

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