Specialist security intelligence across five verticals: Radiation, CBRNE, C-UAS, PIDS, Maritime.
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Editor’s note August 2025 read like a stress-test of the global radiation-detection ecosystem: an unexpected Cs-137 contamination case in food exports, new regulations and funding lines for radiation monitoring, and a quiet but important wave of AI, mobile-phone and materials R&D. At the same time, Zambia, the
Incidents
Facility Type: Scrap Metal Recycling Isotope: Cs-137 Activity: Orphan source (unknown origin) Summary: Cs-137 source melted at PT Peter Metal Technology, Banten Province. Contamination spread to shrimp exports (detected at US ports), cloves, and consumer goods. 9 people exposed. 5 km exclusion zone established. FDA invoked FSMA Section 801(q)
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Editor’s note July 2025 sits at an interesting crossroads: very practical investments in radiation portal monitors at ports, updated playbooks for RDD response, and an intense wave of detector R&D around SiC, Timepix, and advanced data formats. At the same time, smartphones and citizen-science projects are increasingly
Incidents
Facility Type: Construction Isotope: Cs-137 / Am-241/Be Activity: Standard gauge Summary: Somat Engineering gauge struck by construction equipment. Source intact. Source: NRC Event Notification
Incidents
Facility Type: Construction Isotope: Cs-137 / Am-241/Be Activity: 10 mCi Cs-137, 40 mCi Am-241/Be Summary: Instrotek 3500 moisture density gauge stolen in Fort Worth. Source: NRC Event Notification
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Editor’s note: June 2025 was a month where radiation detection sat quietly inside bigger stories: customs modernization, non-intrusive inspection standards, accelerator upgrades, and environmental monitoring. RPMs and large-scale scanners continue to be treated as part of integrated border-security architectures; at the same time, research groups are modernizing radiation-monitoring systems
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|Signal #5 | June 23, 2025 |
Incidents
Facility Type: Industrial Radiography Isotope: Ir-192 Activity: High (Category 2) Summary: Gamma radiography camera hijacked during transport. Recovered intact June 17 in Tultepec, State of Mexico, after inter-agency search. Source: SEGOB Mexico | NRC Event Notification
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Editor’s Note May 2025 was a “plumbing and infrastructure” month for radiation detection: less about spectacular new threats, more about how we maintain, train, and modernize the systems that are already in the field. From handheld RIDs and data-driven algorithms for radiation portal monitors, to multi-country preparedness exercises and
Incidents
Facility Type: Industrial Isotope: Am-241 Activity: 90 mCi (3 XRF devices) Summary: Three XRF analyzers discovered missing during investigation at Bar Resource International, Rochelle. Source: NRC Event Notification
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|Signal #4 | May 23, 2025 |
Incidents
Facility Type: Medical Isotope: I-125 Activity: 157 seeds Summary: 157 brachytherapy sources lost during shipment from Chicago to East London, Africa. Source: NRC Event Notification