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VF is launching a modernized version of the PAM-100 Portable Activity Meter on June 1, following comprehensive development and testing. The PAM-100 series activity meters are portable hand-held instruments intended for the measurement of alpha, beta, and/or gamma surface contamination. They contain a scintillator covered with light-tight foil, with a photomultiplier and two-channel processing electronics.

In February 2022, VF signed a contract to supply the complete neutron calibration laboratory equipment to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAEK). The organization falls under the Bangladeshi Ministry of Science and Technology, which is responsible for regulating the use of nuclear energy in Bangladesh. Among other things, it oversees the safety aspects of the construction of the new Rooppur nuclear power plant.

VF is launching a new RPU-06 Radiation Processing Unit, following comprehensive development and testing. It is a more compact version of the RPU-12 Radiation Processing Unit and it is possible to use it in monitors where there is no need to locally control the sampling technology but where it is required to locally display the measurement results.

VF is launching a modernized version of the FloorScan Floor Contamination Monitor on January 1, 2022, following comprehensive development and testing. The FloorScan monitors are intended for the measurement of surface contamination by alpha, beta, and/or gamma-emitting radionuclides on floors. Gasless scintillation detectors are used.