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Homeland Security

DNDO Awards Dynasil $2.5M to Further Develop Detector Materials

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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Dynasil Corp. [DYSL] has received a $2.5 million follow-on award from the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to further develop and to provide samples of new, high performance nuclear radiation detector materials. Dynasil's Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. subsidiary has developed scintillator crystals that are leading candidates to improve detection of radioactive materials. The scintillators convert radiation to visible light and are also lightweight, cover a broader range of detectable materials, and minimize false alarms, Dynasil says. The new funding is…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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