A newsletter article to appear in the FY 2022 Q1 issue of the LDRD Quarterly Highlights, https://www.lanl.gov/projects/ldrd-tri-lab/quarterly-highlights.php.

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Radioactive noble gas detection, STL-007-21, Year 1 of 2

Presentation to be presented during the Site-Directed Research and Development (SDRD) program FY 2021 review meeting (Webex), September 22–23, 2021.

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UAS sensors in difficult locations, STL-016-20, Year 2 of 2

Presentation to be presented during the Site-Directed Research and Development (SDRD) program FY 2021 review meeting (Webex), September 22–23, 2021.

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Intelligent Consequence Control by Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems

In a nuclear accident, or in the aftermath of an improvised nuclear device or radiological dispersal device detonation, radioactive materials may pose a severe health threat to individuals near the site of the incident. The Intelligent Consequence Control by Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) does the dull, dirty, and dangerous (and, sometimes, deep) work of mapping and characterizing valuable information to enable a safe and appropriate response. ICARUS provides timely answers to the questions, “What is it?” “Where is it?”, and “How far does it extend?” Using commercial, off-the-shelf proven components, the integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives detection architecture for our drones provides a solution for collecting radiological, chemical, and optical information on developing complex situations, returning actionable data for determining if it is safe for further response efforts. ICARUS can determine and transmit the location, identity, and intensity of radionuclide contamination to a remote base station. It can deliver on the unexpected.

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