Symetrica was honoured today to receive a visit from His Royal Highness The Duke of York who, in his role in support of The Queen as Head of State, focuses on helping British businesses to create prosperity for the United Kingdom. In particular His Royal Highness provides support to SMEs and entrepreneurs and helps young people gain the skills needed by Industry in areas such as science and engineering.       Read more.

Symetrica announces the launch of a new, high sensitivity Neutron Detector Module on 24th October at the 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference in Valencia, Spain. The new detector makes use of the scalability of Symetrica's He-3 free neutron detection technology and delivers high sensitivity in a small package. The detector is designed to meet the latest demands for neutron detector modules for personnel, vehicle, mobile and cargo detection systems.       Read more.

Smiths Detection today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has formally approved the RadSeeker for production and deployment. The RadSeeker is Smiths Detection's newly launched handheld radiation detector and identifier developed in collaboration with DNDO. Delivery awards are expected within the next few weeks when DNDO finalizes its deployment plans.       Read more.

Government Executive.com - 26th July 2011 - In an article announcing that the US Homeland Security Department is to terminate the program to develop the next generation of radiation detection monitors, the deployment of the RadSeeker was identified as compensating for the absence of these new portal monitors.       Read more.

Palm Dessert, CA - 21st July 2011 - The latest results from our extensive neutron detection technology test program were presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). The presentation outlined the development program to date and provided the latest dynamic test results for the Symetrica Helium-3 free neutron detection technology. These tests were carried out at the PERLA laboratory of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Nuclear Security Unit in Ispra, Italy.       Read more.

The Engineer - 4th July 2011 - A feature on UK university 'spin-out' incubators highlights Symetrica as a successful company that has evolved from the pure research environment of academia. The article, which discusses the commercialisation of UK innovation highlights Symetrica's roots and our current activities in the Homeland Security market.       Read more.

Symetrica - 1st July 2011 - The Symetrica group is proud to announce that Discovery Technology® is at the heart of the RadSeeker instrument. This is a handheld radiation detector that has recently been launched by Smiths Detection. This instrument exploits a combination of an intelligent detection system and advanced isotope-identification algorithms. Discovery Technology® provides the best available detection and identification capabilities for Rad-Nuc threat materials using a gamma-scintillation spectrometer.       Read more.

Southampton, Hampshire - 15 October 2010 - The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) have provided an independent report highlighting the sensitivity and gamma rejection capabilities of the Symetrica Helium-3 free neutron detection technology. With this uniquely scalable technology we are able to supply NDMs for Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs), Advanced Spectroscopic Portals (ASPs) and Personally Owned Vehicle (POV) portals to replace one and two Helium-3 tube detectors as required.       Read more.

Southampton, Hampshire - 15 July 2010 - The successful operation of a Helium-3 free neutron detector element in gamma-ray rates up to 100mR/hr were observed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). With this uniquely scalable technology safeguard Helium-3 free detection systems will be available shortly.       Read more.

Pine Brook, New Jersey - 15 September 2008 - Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces the launch of its HPRID™, High Performance Radioisotope Identifier, a next generation handheld device for detecting and identifying highly enriched uranium, plutonium and other radioactive materials.       Read more.

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Maynard, Massachusetts - 27 November 2006 - Symetrica today announced that its partnership with Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of explosives trace and X-ray detection systems, has led to award of a contract with a potential total value, including options, of $222 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to provide next-generation radiation detection and identification systems.       Read more.