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New camera that can see radiation

09.04.2012 [19:49]
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Baku, April 9 (AZERTAC).There are still dangerously high radiation levels at Japan`s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor - but now the plant`s owner is able to see the normally invisible threat.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has created a prototype `Super-wide Angle Compton Camera` capable of creating images of gamma ray-emitting radioactive particles.

This equipment is based on the gamma ray-observing sensor technology to be added to the agency`s next X-ray observation satellite, ASTRO-H.

It is expected to be able to create visual images of radioactive particles that have collected at high altitudes such as building roofs where it is difficult to conduct measurements with existing equipment.

It can also detect particles that have widely dispersed on the ground and residential houses.