1. ERDIT Meeting 2015, Pisa Pisa – April, 13th-14th 2015 Alessandro Iovene ISO 9001:2008 CERT. N. 9105.CAEN

2. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited OUTLINE  Past and present European/Regional Projects in the field of Radition Detection: -The SLIMCHECK project -The MODES_SNM project -The SAMORAD project -The TAWARA_RTM project -The C-BORD project  Other ongoing project with radiation detectors: -The PLUTONIUM HUNTER -The new A1515 HV power supply for GEM detectors  Innovative Projects on the CAEN website

3. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited A SLIMPORT programme project Funded by: Italian Ministry for Economic Development Programme: Industria 2015 Theme: SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY Project Partners http://www.caen.it/csite/DisplaySupportData.jsp?Type =News&Id=25SLIMCHECK May 2010 – April 2012 (24 months)

4. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited A SLIMPORT programme project SLIMCHECK May 2010 – April 2012 (24 months) In most harbors worldwide, inspection systems dedicated to the security of passengers and freight are based on fixed x-ray portals, radiation portal monitors and handheld radiometers. CAEN, in collaboration with University of Padova, has developed an integrated mobile system for port security as a part of the SLIMPORT project, funded by the Italian Ministry for the Economic Development (MISE) under the "Industria 2015" program. This system, called SMANDRA, aims to detect an identify different types of radioactive and nuclear materials hidden inside containers, and to identify dangerous and/or illegal materials inside volumes tagged as "suspect" by conventional surveys (as active NDA system). The SMANDRA system consists in two different parts: 1)A PASSIVE UNIT featuring Gamma-ray detectors (NaI and LaBr) and neutron counters (Liq. Scintillator and 3He proportional counter) 2)AN ACTIVE UNIT that contains a EADS-SODERN sealed neutron generator with the associated particle detector to perform active interrogations using the tagged neutron inspection technique The SMANDRA system was tested in April 2011 at the JRC-Ispra laboratory, showing excellent results in the identification of different radioactive and special nuclear materials. A more detailed explanation of those results can be found HERE. This Paper was presented at the ANIMMA2011 conference, held in the beginning of June 2011 in Gent-Belgium, where CAEN showed the passive unit of the system.HEREANIMMA2011

5. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited MOdular DEtection System for Special Nuclear Materials Funded by: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Programme: FP7 – Cooperation Theme: SECURITY Project Partners www.modes-snm.eu January 2012 – June 2014 (30 months) The MODES_SNM project aimed to carry out technical research in order to develop a prototype for a mobile, modular detection system for radioactive and Special Nuclear Materials (SNM). To maximize the detection capability for SNM the project developed new detectors for fast and thermal neutrons, as well as gamma-rays, based on the technology of high pressure scintillation cells using noble gases (as 4 He and Xe) recently developed by ARKTIS. The proof-of-principle of the new detectors has already been recently demonstrated.

6. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited January 2012 – June 2014 (30 months) MOdular DEtection System for Special Nuclear Materials DT5533 HV MODULES DT5730 Digitizer with DPP-PSD A3818 PCIe Optical

7. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited MOdular DEtection System for Special Nuclear Materials The commercial exploitation of the system was done by ARKTIS, expert in the detector technology The Front-end electronics for the system is provided by CAEN The software for the system has been developed by University of Padova

8. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited An Airborne System for Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Funded by: REGIONE TOSCANA Programme: POR CReO – B.U. R&S 2012 Theme: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Project Partners www.samorad.euSAMORAD January 2013 – December 2015 (30 months)

9. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited An Airborne System for Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring SAMORAD January 2013 – December 2015 (30 months) Monitoring the environmental radioactivity can provide useful information in many fields of social life: homeland security, construction industry, environmental protection, geology studies, mineral/gas and oil processing, etc... Measuring the environmental radioactivity through the gamma ray spectroscopy becomes very crucial for the man-made radioactivity control. Few examples are the radioactive waste from nuclear reactors, or the disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima. This technique may help both in looking for illegal disposal of radioactive sources, and in a better management of the working conditions of nuclear factories and mine workers. Unfortunately this technique is not yet well exploited, since there are only few instruments in the world able to make these kind of measurements. These measurements are made from a helicopter flying over the area under inspection (through the technique called AGRS - Airborne Gamma Ray Spectroscopy. The result of those measurements would be made available through radiometric maps of the areas of interest.

10. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited TAp WAter RAdioactivity Real Time Monitor Funded by: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Programme: FP7 – Cooperation Theme: SECURITY Project Partners TAWARA website TAWARA_RTM January 2014 – June 2016 (30 months)

11. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited TAp WAter RAdioactivity Real Time Monitor TAWARA_RTM January 2014 – June 2016 (30 months) The TAWARA_RTM project aims at developing a complete platform to control the quality of the tap water with respect to the radioactivity content. The platform will provide a real time measurement of the activity in the water (measuring the gross alpha and beta activity) to verify whether the distributed water is well within the limits set by the EU legislation or if it's reaching the threshold that requires rapid actions. In the latter case, a message is sent to the water plant management to verify the need of stopping the water distribution. At the same time, a second part of the system is activated, to determine the nature of the contamination by gamma ray spectroscopy, defining the nature of the contamination and the corresponding counter-measures. The determination of the contaminants is also needed in order to establish the effects on the population and produce a full information report to the Civil Security Authorities. The prototypes of a real time monitoring system and spectroscopy analyzer will be designed, built, tested under laboratory condition and finally installed at the North Waterworks Plant of Warsaw managed by the Warsaw Waterwork Company for the demonstration campaign. The site selected for the demonstration is particularly sensible for possible radioactivity contamination being in communication with the Chernobyl region through a network of rivers and canals, and due to its proximity with a Polish National Nuclear Waste storage site. The TAWARA_RTM system will be designed taking into account that the increase of the water radioactivity might derive from natural phenomena (as earthquakes) but also from a whole set of radioactive and nuclear emergencies. The TAWARA_RTM project will include the development of the complete platform including the fast real-time monitor system (RTM), the spectroscopic system (SPEC) as well as the Information and Communication System that will be designed to include in the future also chemical and biological sensors.

12. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited effective Container inspection at BORDer control points Funded by: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Programme: H2020 – Secure Societies Theme: Border Security, Supply chains Some numbers May 2015 – April 2019 (48 months) The C-BORD system will includes the following technologies: X-RAY Rapidly Relocatable Tagged Neutrons Inspection System Passive Radiation sensors Photofission System Sniffer sensors The project aims at proving a complete system for cargo scanning in harbours  19 Partners from 9 EU countries  4 companies involved  5 end-users  10 research insitutions  Total budget 11.8 MEuro CAEN will develop the F/E electronics for the RRTNIS and for the Prompt neutron detector for the photofission systems

13. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited A compact portable Neutron/Gamma spectrometer PLUTONIUM HUNTER A new portable neutron/gamma spectrometer is under development at the Padova University within a collaboration program between the Physics and Astronomy Department and the CAEN SpA. The neutron/gamma spectrometer consists of a compact detector based on a 2” x 2” EJ-309 liquid scintillator cell coupled to a flat panel PMT. The EJ-309 provides the typical performance of liquid scintillators without chemical and fire hazards. The PMT anode signal is processed by the CAEN DT5790 Digital MCA, which also provides the PMT High Voltage. The front-end is powered by using a battery pack that allows 2.5 hours of operation. An external PC provides the front-end control by USB port.

14. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited 16 HV channels grouped into 2 complex channels to power 2 Quadruple GEM detectors 14 HV channels version to power 2 Triple GEM detectors Grounding: Each channel floating up to 5 kV Voltage: 1 kV Current: 1 mA/100 uA dual range Vset resolution: 50 mV Vmon resolution: 10 mV Iset resolution: 20 nA Imon resolution (High range): 1 nA Imon resolution (Low range): 100 pA Ramp Up/Down: programmable channel by channel from 1 V/s to 500 V/s Voltage Ripple common mode: < 15 mV Voltage Ripple differential mode: < 10 mV Up to 16 board in a CAEN mainframe, which means up to 32 Triple/Quadruple GEM powered by a CAEN mainframe

15. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited First channel prototype under tests Primary MOSFET voltage (@ 500V/500uA) Differential mode noise (@ 500V/500uA) ---> 4 mV pk-pk Common mode noise (@ 500V/ 0uA) during communication bursts -----> 9.20 mV pk-pk Differential mode noise (@ 500V/ 0uA) during communication bursts ---> less than 5 mV pk- pk

16. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited INNOVATIVE PROJECTS WEBPAGE CAEN Homepage > About us > Innovative Projects For information about the status of our ongoing projects and to discuss about new projects innovativeprojects@caen.it

17. Reproduction, transfer, distribution of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without prior written permission of CAEN S.p.A. is prohibited CONCLUSIONS -We are involved in several collaborations focused on Radiation Detection and we are opened to new ones -We are involved in several Funded Projects at Regional, National and EU level where we select topics which maximise our added value and which stay in the CAEN Roadmap -The participation to these projects is very useful for various reason: To develop a strong collaborative relation with research actors To test our products in different applications and benefit from the induced know-how exchange To receive a financial support for developing products which are fitting well in our product development roadmap

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