35 cities to get radiation alarms
DU’s Radiation Fiasco Prompts Govt To Plan Mobile Detection Systems. Fear of exposure to radiation from scrap or medical waste may soon be a thing of the past. The central government will set up mobile radiation detection systems in 35 major cities across the country. “We shall be setting up 1,000 such systems across the country,” said M Shashidhar Reddy, vice-president, National Disaster Management Authority. “In Chennai, these systems will be set up in 70 police stations. They are portable and can be attached to a police patrol vehicle or used as a handheld device,” he said.





