Fig. 2:

SPECTECH UCS-20 MCA, RAS-20 Calibrated Absorber Set and a variety of shielded probes.

The UCS-20 will work with a wide variety of probes, with some, additional adaptors

may be required, see text for details.

Fig. 3:

Soil samples from 4 locations 25 miles west of the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima, Japan

Fig.4:

Location of the collection sites of the 4 soil samples, Fukushima, Japan, 2011.

Fig. 5:

Drying and preparing soil samples into test tubes for Gamma Analysis in the UCS-20.

Fig.6:

Weighing the soil sample of interest. This samples, #F4, is grassy, leafy and other vegetation.

Actual sample weight is less than 1 gram.

Fig.7:

Gamma Spectrum Analysis on the SPECTECH UCS-20 shows clear signatures of Cs-134 and Cs-137,

Fission Products from the reactors at Fukushima after the 3/11/2011 accident.

Analysis accomplished on 26 Oct 2011.

Fig.8:

Test tube and results showing on computer screen after background subtraction and 3 point smoothing, features

included in the UCS-20's free software. This is that latest edition of the software, available on the SPECTECH site at: