Oceaneering launches lightweight gamma radiography system
23/04/2010
Oceaneering has announced the birth of a brand new addition to its family of advanced NDT systems. The 'baby SCAR' was inspired by the Oceaneering and Sentinel model 959, said to be the safest gamma radiographic system in the world. The 'baby SCAR' provides the same ultra-safe, non-projection feature as the original. The model 989 is fully ISO 3999 approved as a category 'X' and Type 'A' package, rated to carry a 740 GBq (20 Curie) Selenium 75 payload. It has a tungsten primary shield with a 40º square directional beamport and only weighs 7.5 kg, meaning it is incredibly easy to position using the Oceaneering purpose-built clamping mechanism. Simple actuation pushes the isotope from the stored position to the open position using a conventional Sentinel Teleflex cable mechanism, using only a quarter turn on the handle to expose and retract, with a 'posilok' safety locking mechanism.
The first UK client to use the 'baby SCAR' is British Energy at its Hartlepool Power Station in the North East of England where it has performed extremely well. In January 2010 it was also deployed on a second British Energy station located at Hinkley.
"Oceaneering is committed to the principles of IRR1999 to strive to reduce the risks to health from working with ionising radiations using engineering controls," said Oceaneering's Marketing Manager Martin Hockley. 'Baby SCAR', along with the introduction of the Sentinel Omega lightweight projection system, demonstrates Oceaneering's commitment to better meet those principles in close conjunction with the equipment manufacturer.
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