Design of Real-Time Tracking System for Radioactive Material Transportation

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Engineering Department, Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo 11787, Egypt

2 Engineering and Scientific Instrumentation Department, , Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Egypt

3 Reactors Department, Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.

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The main challenges of radioactive materials transportation are safety and security, so it is important to design a robust and efficient real-time tracking system to monitor the movement and ensure the security of radioactive materials during transportation. This paper presents a proposed tracking sys-tem design considerations and key components of real-time tracking for radioactive material during transportation. Three advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) /General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Hardware modules have been tested for real-time tracking and compared; SIM-800L, SIM 808, and A9G Module. The system used encrypted communication protocols to achieve accurate and secure tracking. GPS receiver acquires data regarding the vehicle's position in terms of longitude and latitude, as determined by the satellite, together with the radiation measurements of the radioactive material collected by the radiation sensor. All information is thereafter transmitted via a GSM device to ThingSpeak. GPS and GSM devices interface with an Arduino Nano microcontroller. The geo-graphical location and coordinates are subsequently presented on the map utilizing an HTML-based platform within the OpenStreetMap tool. The results show that the proposed real-time tracking sys-tem can enhance the security and safety of the radioactive materials transportation process.

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