REPEAT/RAE Systems Adds Radiation Sensing to Its Suite of Hazardous Environment Detection Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REPEATING...inserting ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003 Partnership with Polimaster and TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). Systems to bring comprehensive chemical and radiation detection capabilities to first responders and military organizations RAE Systems(OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :RAEE.OB), the hazardous environment detection company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to license and manufacture a range of radiation detection products from Polimaster, one of the world's foremost radiation detection and control companies. The agreement adds important functionality to RAE Systems' existing detection and sensor network A low-speed industrial network that is used to connect sensors to actuators. A sensor network implies limited or no controller functions. Multiple sensor networks may be coupled to form device networks. See industrial control network. technologies and will provide first responders, military groups, and other government agencies another life critical tool to detect and assess hazardous environments. "First responders and military organizations are routinely in harm's way harm's way n. A risky position; danger: a place for the children that is out of harm's way; ships that sail into harm's way. ," said Bob Chen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of RAE Systems. "As the threat of attacks using chemical or radiation sources grows, it's imperative that we equip our protectors with the tools that will enable them to assess and respond to life threatening environments." Continued Chen, "Our partnership with Polimaster represents a best-of-breed addition to our capabilities. Polimaster's technology was proven in real-world hazardous environments, protecting the clean-up workers at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986." Under terms of the deal, RAE Systems will produce a range of Polimaster products, from larger, highly sensitive site-specific portal devices to pager-sized personal sensors. Portal monitors detect radioactive and special nuclear materials in vehicles, pedestrians, baggage and luggage, and prevent illegal transportation of radioactive sources. They are used at vehicular, railway or pedestrian cross border points; weapons manufacturing and storage plants; nuclear waste disposal and storage sites; at the entrances to steel plants, post offices and airports, government offices, banks, and private companies. Portable sensors can be used both autonomously and after an alarm from a portal monitor. Portable devices detect and locate extremely small amounts of radioactive and special nuclear materials and are used by customs officers border guards, first responders and military groups. "More than 200,000 radiation sources from the former Soviet Union are unaccounted for," said Polimaster Managing Director Alexander A. Antonovski. "The sheer number of these missing sources means that radiation exposure worldwide is a significant threat, whether by accident or by malicious intent." "From customs officials and military groups to first responders, border patrols, government agencies and HAZMAT teams, the need for both personal and fixed network wireless radiation detection is growing rapidly, said Allan Frymire, CEO of TSA Systems. "All 4 products meet ITRAP ITRAP Illicit Trafficking Radiation Detection Assessment Program ITRAP Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program (Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Program) specifications for detecting radiation sources, and use photodiode A light sensor (photodetector) that allows current to flow in one direction from one side to the other when it absorbs photons (light). The more light, the more the current. Used to detect light pulses in optical fibers and other light-sensitive applications, it works the opposite of a detection technology and advanced background referencing algorithm to minimize false alarms, along with a 800-1000 hour life using one AA alkaline battery to provide the most powerful protection available." About RAE Systems RAE Systems Inc. is a smart sensing network platform and solution provider and a leading manufacturer of single and multiple sensor atmospheric monitors, photo-ionization detectors, gas detection tubes, sampling pumps and wirelessly connected gas detection and security monitoring devices. Our products and services are designed to enable our customers to monitor gas and other volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids in confined spaces, and to establish a perimeter security around hazardous material sites and sites of weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . RAE Systems' customers operate in such industries as safety and security, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, utilities, food, chemical, airlines, military and hazardous material storage and disposal, and its monitors are used in civilian and government atmospheric monitoring programs in over 50 countries. For more information about RAE Systems, please visit www.RAESystems.com About Polimaster Polimaster is based in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, and was established by senior scientists and researchers from a number of scientific research and manufacturing organizations. The company is dedicated to developing and manufacturing a wide variety of radiation detection equipment, including fixed portal radiation monitors; portable instruments designed to detect the intensity of and locate hidden radiation sources; and portable radiation monitors equipped with a set of external detectors for detection of gamma, alpha, beta and neutron radiation. For more information, please visit www.polimaster.com. About TSA Systems TSA Systems has designed and manufactured SNM SNM Society of Nuclear Medicine SNM Show No Mercy (gaming clan) SNM Special Nuclear Material SNM Somali National Movement SNM San Marcos (Guatemala, territorial division) SNM Service Member (special nuclear material) pedestrian, vehicle, and hand-held monitors since 1981. TSA Systems Ltd was formed in 1987 by the merger of TSA Systems Inc., founded in 1975, and Geoscience ge·o·sci·ence n. Any one of the sciences, such as geology or geochemistry, that deals with the earth. ge Associates Inc, founded in 1961. In 1983 TSA pioneered a new generation of all digital portal monitors, in close conjunction with the Advanced Nuclear Technology Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National . TSA's pedestrian and vehicle monitors are installed in many countries around the world. For more information, please visit www.tsasystems.com. |
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