Radiological Assessment Display and Control System Software [RADACS]

The Radiological Assessment Display and Control System (RADACS) is designed to collect, manage, store, and distribute information from radiation detection instrumentation, as well as various other types of analog and digital instruments. RADACS is a suite of software applications, which collectively encompass all necessary functionality for managing radiological surveillance operations for a wide range of purposes.

The RADACS suite of software applications are deployed in a variety of configurations to suit the specific applications, including general radiation surveillance (such as Area, Liquid and Gas monitoring at nuclear power plants), research facility monitoring, mobile radiation monitoring, stack monitoring systems, and medical facility monitoring (i.e. P.E.T. systems). Regardless of the application, the technology used at the heart of the system is the same.

RADACS is a client/server technology built around standardized protocols and tools, including SQL databases and TCP/IP communication. Each RADACS installation consists of one or more server programs, along with a host of client applications that access the server programs as well as the databases. RADACS servers are responsible for acquiring information from a variety of devices, performing data processing on the acquired data, and then storing the data in a database. The servers also handle the distribution of information to client applications utilizing TCP/IP communication. This model of operation is used in all RADACS applications.

 

Features:

• Fast, real-time data acquisition and control
• Highly reliable communication with remote terminal units
• Collecting, converting, integrating and analyzing data from all monitors
• Detecting, annunciating and storing alarm conditions
• Alarm acknowledgment with audit trail
• Providing current, as well as historical, displays of any channels on operator request
• Graphical and tabular view of data over user selectable time periods and averaging durations
• Providing on-line database and display generation and modification capability
• Abundant user control over configuration from text messages to alarm colorcoding
• Multi-user, multiworkstation, password controlled user access
• Extensive reporting capability with export feature in a variety of formats (Excel, PDF, RTF, HTML, ASCII, etc.) for further analysis