Drones help Central Asia deal with legacy radiation
Channel: IAEAvideo
Date: 2022-11-11

An emerging technology combining a drone with a highly sensitive gamma-ray detector is being deployed to monitor radiation at contaminated uranium legacy sites in Central Asia. 

Project summary: A joint project between the IAEA and a research consortium from Germany under the umbrella of the IAEA PUI-CGULS (NS). The project aims to develop a new technology for airborne mapping of radioactive contamination at former uranium mining and processing sites in Central Asia using a drone and to provide experts from this region with practical know-how on this technology and to guide them data interpretation. Partner countries are the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Tajikistan.

Funding agencies are:
-             The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMBF) 
-             The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMWI) 
-             The EU
-             The IAEA 

For more info please read: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-harnesses-drone-technology-to-support-safer-environmental-remediation-in-central-asia 

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