ORTEC COLLABORATES WITH LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY

AMETEK AND LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB TO COMMERCIALIZE
RADIATION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

ORTEC Licenses Technology for Next-Generation Radiation Detector

OAK RIDGE, TN, June 18, 2003– The ORTEC business unit of AMETEK, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with the University of California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to commercialize its RadScout radiation detection technology. ORTEC will incorporate the technology into its next generation of advanced portable nuclear detection systems.
These high-performance, high-resolution portable systems will be used at border crossings, cargo ship docks and transportation terminals to detect and differentiate between potentially dangerous radioactive materials and otherwise harmless radiation sources. ORTEC plans to market the instruments as the Detective and Detective-EX. The detectors are part of a suite of technologies offered by ORTEC for Homeland Security.
“The detectors will provide first responders, HAZMAT teams, fire departments, government authorities and others with the ability to screen objects for potentially dangerous nuclear material and determine quickly whether or not they pose a threat. Those include the more than six million cargo containers that enter the United States each year,” notes Jon Kidder, Vice President and General Manager of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology (AMT) in Oak Ridge, TN.
“The RadScout represents a breakthrough in radiation detector technology by reducing existing bulky equipment into a lightweight, battery-powered device that can be either permanently mounted or fully portable,” comments Dr. Michael R. Anastasio, Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
“The detector features a miniaturized refrigeration system that eliminates the need to carry liquid nitrogen to cool the device’s high-purity germanium crystals. Those crystals are used to detect minute amounts of neutrons and gamma rays emitted by radioactive materials, “ adds Dr. Anastasio.
RadScout incorporates ORTEC’s high-purity germanium detector with a miniaturized refrigeration system produced by Hymatic Engineering Ltd. Additional features of the easy-to-use RadScout include an internal computer with a full-function touch screen that allows for remote data transmission, real-time search and isotope identification, memory-stick storage and on-board field analysis capability.
“ORTEC has more than 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of highly sensitive radiation detectors. They are used by government and industrial laboratories, nuclear facilities and medical research and in nuclear safeguards. They incorporate unique functionality and innovative technologies that enable them to outperform other methods of detection, “ concludes Mr. Kidder.
ORTEC is a business unit of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology, which also includes Princeton Applied Research, a leader in high-precision electrochemical analysis instrumentation, and Signal Recovery Products used to measure low-level or contaminated electrical signals.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, founded in 1952, is a national security laboratory that is managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Safety Administration.
For more information on ORTEC radiation detectors, contact ORTEC Products Group, 801 South Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0895. Telephone: 865-482-4411, Toll free: 800-251-9750. Fax: 865-483-0396. Website: http://www.ortec-online.com
AMETEK AMT is a division of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE-listed, ticker symbol: AME) a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of more than $1 billion.

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