Development and application test of radiation detector for the UARMS

Sanada, Yukihisa   ; Yamada, Tsutomu; Ishibashi, Satoshi; Torii, Tatsuo  

The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, generated a series of large tsunami waves that caused serious damage to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, following which a large amount of radioactive material was discharged from the nuclear power plant into the environment. In JAEA and JAXA, UARMS (Unmanned Airplane Radiation Monitoring System) was developing as collaborative research. Here, we report about an aerial radiation monitoring technology for UARMS.