Ortec® Detective Receives Safety Act Designation for Its High-Resolution Radiation Detection Technology
Oak Ridge, TN, October 9, 2006 -- The ORTEC Products Group of AMETEK has earned
Designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 ("Safety Act") for its high-resolution ORTEC® Detective handheld radiation detectors.
"We are pleased that the ORTEC DETECTIVE family of portable isotope identifiers detectors has met the stringent requirements needed to receive the Safety Act designation. We believe that these high-resolution instruments represent the best available technology for accurately and reliably identifying the presence of nuclear material and quickly determining whether or not it poses a threat," comments Dan Upp, Vice President of ORTEC.
"The DETECTIVE, first introduced in 2003, represents the state of the art in radiation
detection technology. It has reduced existing bulky laboratory equipment into an expert
system: a self-contained, lightweight, battery-powered portable device that is able to
positively identify nuclear materials without expert intervention. It employs a high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray detector. HPGe represents the Gold Standard in
radioisotope identification," he added.
Since 2003, hundreds of DETECTIVEs, including the latest versions-the DETECTIVE 100
and DETECTIVE EX-100, have been field deployed and proven by the U.S. Departments of
Energy, Defense and Homeland Security and various law enforcement and public safety
agencies and their counterparts around the world.
AMETEK's ORTEC Products Group has more than 40 years of experience in the design and
manufacture of highly sensitive radiation detectors and is one of only two manufacturers worldwide with the ability to produce both high-purity Germanium and high-resolution radiation detectors from it.
For more information, contact
ORTEC Products Group,
801 South Illinois Avenue,
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0895
Telephone: 865-482-4411, Toll free: 800-251-9750
Fax: 865-483-0396
Website: www.ortec-online.com
AMETEK, Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and
electromechanical devices with annualized sales of nearly $1.8 billion.
