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GE Addresses Helium-3 Shortage with New Radiation Detector Technology

Twinsburg, Ohio, USA – June 16, 2011 - GE’s Reuter Stokes product line has introduced a new radiation detection solution using boron-10 (10B) to detect radiation in border security applications. Traditionally sensors used for these applications have used helium-3 gas as their detection medium. However the global supply of helium-3 is severely depleted. In response to this global shortage, GE has developed a replacement detector technology based on boron-10. These detectors are key components of radiation portal monitors used in a wide range of applications including screening at borders and in seaports. GE is the only company to date to manufacture an alternate neutron detection technology for deployment in radiation portal monitors.

“Our early awareness of the helium-3 shortage allowed GE to take the appropriate steps to research, identify and develop boron-10 as a viable alternative,” said Tom Anderson, the radiation measurements product leader for the Reuter Stokes product line. “While detectors come in all shapes and sizes, it’s the sensitivity and ability to accurately measure neutron radiation levels without false alarms that is most important. We have developed sensors using boron-10 that meet that criteria.”

GE is the largest manufacturer of helium-3 neutron detectors in the world, with over 40,000 helium-3 detectors, supporting a host of security and nuclear safeguards programs worldwide. GE’s new Boron-10 Neutron Detection Module will be deployed in place of, and potentially as a replacement for, helium-3 detectors that are currently deployed in radiation portal monitors.

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