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To address the CBD’s need for real-time analytical technology for multicomponent vapor identification and quantification, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to continue the development of a new Photoacoustic Gasses Optical Detector and Analyzer (PAGODA) autonomous, network-enabled photoacoustic spectrometer (PAS) for the correlation, analysis, and identification of measured spectra. In t ...

A program to develop a compact, MLA-based, LWIR, full-motion-video hyperspectral imager for chemical detection is proposed. The proposed Hyperspectral Chemical Imaging Sensor (HyCIS) builds upon Surface Optics’ real-time hyperspectral imaging activities, including our 3D full-motion-video spectral imaging (FMV-SI) technology and our MIDIS hyperspectral image processor. Simultaneously sampling 16 ...

SA Photonics is please to submit the proposal for the HawkEye compact LWIR hyperspectral imaging system. HawkEye leverages SA Photonics previous visible, SWIR, and LWIR programs to result in a compact, hand held, battery operated hyperspectral imager in a low cost design approach. Furthermore, HawkEye will leverages SA Photonics expertise in warfighter body worn equipment and ground troop personal ...

A chemical threat agent mode of action is often initiated through a selective interaction with a biological molecule or structure. The binding event mimics normal cellular processes, but then overruns natural control mechanisms leading to toxic and lethal effects. The native binding specificity is used to design sensor recognition elements that outperform conventional antibody-based biosensors. Ou ...

THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT NUCLEAR POWER-PLANT ACCIDENTS DURING SHUTDOWNS COULD BE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE OVERALL RISK PROFILE OF THESE PLANTS. THE 1986 SOVIET ACCIDENT AT CHERNOBYL WAS THE PRINCIPAL EVENT THAT LED TO THIS HEIGHTENED CONCERN, BUT A FEW RECENT EVENTS AT U.S. PLANTS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED. TODAY, IT IS WIDELY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE RISK OF ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE PROOF OF PRINCIPLE OF NEWRADIATION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY THAT WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED WILL PREVENT INADVERTENT DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL INLANDFILLS AND SEWAGES. THE TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE ORDER OFMAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN DETECTION OVER CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS. THE TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE FIELD RUGGED AND COST COMPETITIVE DEVICES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL PROV ...

TECHNIQUES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DEVELOPED TO ANALYZE THE 'SEISMIC MARGIN' OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT USING THE HCLPF CONCEPT (HIGH CONFIDENCE OF A LOW PROBABILITY OF FAILURE). STARTING WITH AN EARTHQUAKE LEVEL SHOSEN FOR MARGIN REVIEW, THE TECHNIQUE DETERMINES WHETHER THE PLANT CAN OR CANNOT 'WITHSTAND THE REVIEW-EARTHQUAKE WITHOUT CORE DAMAGE. HERE 'WITHSTAND' MEANS 'WITHSTAND WITH A HIGH CONFIDENCE ...