{"id":181,"date":"2016-02-23T15:50:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/radiological-health\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:13:57","slug":"equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/radiological-health\/radiological-health\/emergency-response\/equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1283 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/repmast1-300x92.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Survey Instruments<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>VDH assigns Ludlum model 3001 survey meters to field teams deployed to measure and evaluate environmental conditions during and after radiological emergencies.\u00a0 These survey meters are paired with one of four different types of probes.\u00a0 Each probe has a specific use and range of measurement.\u00a0 By pairing the appropriate probe with the survey meter field team personnel can evaluate the radiation levels within a given geographical area or measure the amount of radiation given off by different items including radiation sources, different types of environmental samples, and unknown objects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/04\/IMG_0344-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Portal Monitor<\/h3>\n<p>VDEM provides certain localities with portal monitors to survey large numbers of people expected at designated evacuation assembly centers.\u00a0 These facilities are associated with emergency preparedness for nuclear power plant accidents.\u00a0 The portal monitors can survey a person in 5 seconds, while an emergency worker with a survey meter and\u00a0 pancake probe will take about 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1296 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/vopex-89-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/vopex-89-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/vopex-89.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Air Pumps<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1297 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/P3110021-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Air pumps are used to measure airborne particulate radiation and radioactive-iodine.<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Smears\/Swipes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1298 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/P3090015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Swipes and smears are small pieces of paper that can be gently rubbed across the surface of an object whenever there is suspected contamination,\u00a0 These papers can then be measured using a survey instrument like the one shown above to determine if loose contamination is present and to quantify the level of contamination. The swipe can also be sent to a laboratory for further analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Office of Radiological Health | 109 Governor Street | Richmond, VA\u00a0 23219<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Telephone (804) 864-8150<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survey Instruments VDH assigns Ludlum model 3001 survey meters to field teams deployed to measure and evaluate environmental conditions during and after radiological emergencies.\u00a0 These survey meters are paired with one of four different types of probes.\u00a0 Each probe has a specific use and range of measurement.\u00a0 By pairing the appropriate probe with the survey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":681,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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