TF DHS RTA04 2011
RFP
HSHQDC-11-R-00050
RTA-04: Novel Large Area (up to square meter) Detection Approaches
Solicitation Number: BAA11-101
2.4 RTA-04: Novel Large Area (up to square meter) Detection Approaches
Approaches to scale detector materials and associated read-out electronics to create large areas to support both active and passive sensing of nuclear and radiological materials. In addition to large area (up to square meter scale), proposed concepts must also achieve high absolute efficiency, good to high resolution (< 3% at 662 keV), fast response, large bandwidth (count-rate range) and reasonable cost [< $100,000/m2]. Proposed research should emphasize one or more of the following applications and have performance that is optimized for that application: passive sensing for use in portal-like applications, passive sensing for long-range detection applications (e.g. as a back plane for gamma ray imaging), and/or active sensing for use in either high energy non-intrusive inspection or active interrogation concepts. Proposed approaches using tiling should avoid elements < 25cm x 25 cm. Proposals must clearly explain (with supporting documentation, data, simulations, analytic calculations, and references) how the proposed approach will reduce cost and complexity in a large detector system without sacrificing overall detection performance.