JNPT installs radiological detection equipment at road and rail gates
28 Mar 2017
The marine department of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has installed and commissioned Radiological Detection Equipments at all the exit gates, including the rail gates as per the directive of the ministry of shipping.
The work, involving a total cost of Rs23.324 crore, was awarded to Electronic Corporation of India in 2012.
Twenty-eight vehicle monitoring systems have been installed at the road, rail, exit gates - 11 at North Gate Complex, 3 at South Gate Complex, 7 at Central Gate Complex and 7 at Railway Gates.
In addition to the above, one limb monitor each has been installed at South Gate and NSICT Gate. Ten isotope identifiers, 10 portable radiation detectors and 10 radiation monitors, which are hand held devices, form part of total system.
Six local control stations have been commissioned at individual gates and have now been successfully connected through optic fibre to the main control station at the North Gate Complex.
ECIL has successfully demonstrated the functionality of the entire system to the Central Industrial Security Force of the port, which is specially trained to operate this system and is monitoring it on a regular basis
ECIL has appointed a service engineer to oversee the entire system on round-the-clock basis as per terms and conditions with JNPT.
With the successful installation and commissioning of the entire radiological detection equipment system, Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes first major port in the country to have installed RDE at all road and rail gates.
