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The RAD instrument measures radiation dose using silicon detector and plastic scintillator technology.
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The RAD instrument measures radiation dose using silicon detector and plastic scintillator technology. The latter has a composition somewhat similar to tissue and is more sensitive to neutrons than are the silicon detectors. This illustration of RAD shows
Image Courtesy of Southwest Research Institute