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Product Specifications

The AMS-4 is a Continuous Air
Monitor (CAM) offering beta
particulate, radioiodine or noble
gas detection.

AMS-4
Continuous Air Monitor

Beta particulate, iodine
and noble gas
detection
Radial inline noble gas
detector heads
available
Accommodates
portable and fixed
applications
Performs real-time
background
subtraction
Measures DAC &
DAC-hours
Concentration, dose,
and activity alarms
Stand-alone or
network configurable

The AMS-4 is a radiation-in-air detection

The monitor offers user-selected alarms

system, designed to provide early warning

based on DAC or DAC-hour levels of

to workers exposed to potential airborne

common radionuclides as specified by 10

releases of beta emitting particulates,

CFR Part 20. The system additionally

iodine or noble gases. Its lightweight and

permits the user to enter a DAC constant for

robust design accommodates both fixed and

a new nuclide or a mixture of nuclides.

portable use applications.
A system is comprised of the

The AMS-4 is very portable, has real time
gamma background subtraction using two

microprocessor-based central readout

detectors, remote sampling capability and

device, mated to any of a variety of

can be stand-alone or part of a network of

detection heads which are either attached

beta CAMs. The system can also be used

directly to the readout or used remotely.

for stack monitoring of effluent releases
using the in-line detector head.