RTFTechnologies Radiation Shielded Camera Version 4 Neobeam Run

Radiation Shielded Camera Version 4 Irradiator Run at Neobeam 12/10/2016

Overview: A GoPro Hero 3+ silver, GoPro Session, Gear360, and Casio Exilim EX-ZR200, were shielded with lead and sent through an industrial irradiator while viewing plastic and mineral samples. Radcam version 4 is an improved version of earlier Radcam versions including two GoPro cameras, a 1000fps high speed camera, a 360 degree panoramic camera, and a high range ion chamber connected to a high speed data logger. Data and videos taken are used to corilate the detected x-ray speckle on the video with actual x-ray radiation levels in the irradiator. The irradiation facility is the Mercury Plastics NeoBeam facility which is used for cross linking plastics. The accelerator can produce a 5MeV, 20mA electron beam which is scanned over a moving cart. These videos were of a Lichtenberg production run by Bert Hickman who sells the lichtenberg figures on his website: http://www.capturedlightning.com/

Neobeam Run (12/10/2016) Youtube video archive

	Neobeam Run (12/11/2015) Particle accelerator scan horn. Accelerator produces up to a 5MeV, 45mA electron beam which is rapidly swept across the cart perpendicular to the direction of cart travel at 100Hz. Carts move away from the camera in this picture, cart speed is 50fpm

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016) Beam parameters: 2.6MeV, 5mA A gear 360 camera is shielded from x-ray and electron bombardment and sent through the Neobeam irradiator. There is a 5" diameter 1/8" thick lead "umbrella" over the camera to shield the camera from direct electron beam bombardment and a 1/8" spherical lead jacket around the gear 360 with cutouts for the lens. There is no lead glass shielding over the lenses so x-ray noise increases significantly near the beam.

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016) Beam parameters: 3.6MeV, 4.7mA A gear 360 camera is shielded from x-ray and electron bombardment and sent through the Neobeam irradiator. There is a 5" diameter 1/8" thick lead "umbrella" over the camera to shield the camera from direct electron beam bombardment and a 1/8" spherical lead jacket around the gear 360 with cutouts for the lens. There is no lead glass shielding over the lenses so x-ray noise increases significantly near the beam.

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016) Beam parameters: 3.0MeV, 50mA Radiation shielded Gopro Hero4 session is sent through electron beam irradiator. Looking at calcite samples as they pass under the beam. GoPro is enclosed in a 3/8" thick lead pig with a 1/2" thick, 50% lead glass window. Additionally there is a 1/4" thick lead plate above the camera box to provide shielding from direct irradiation from the beam. For this run the beam current was turned up to full power allowing the ionized air glow to be visible in the dark.

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016) Beam parameters: 3.0MeV, 50mA Radiation shielded Gopro Hero 3+ Silver is sent through electron beam irradiator. Looking at calcite samples as they pass under the beam. GoPro is enclosed in a 1/4" thick lead box with a 1/2" thick, 50% lead glass window. Additionally there is a 1/4" thick lead plate above the camera box to provide shielding from direct irradiation from the beam. For this run the beam current was turned up to full power allowing the ionized air glow to be visible in the dark.

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016)

	Neobeam Run (12/10/2016)

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