TRACKING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A tracking device for tracking with a radioactive material, a container including such a device, a system using such devices, and a tracking method are described. The device has a radiation detector (10) associatable with a radioactive material (14) adapted to be placed in use within a container (1) defining a radiation-shielded enclosure (7) for containing a radioactive material, to detect radiation activity from the material (14); a RF identification module (12) associatable with the container (1), comprising a data register to store a unique product identification code, a processor with a data transfer link (11) to each of the radiation detector (10) and data register to receive and process a live data stream of activity data from the detector (10) and associate this with the unique product identification code in a processed data packet, and an antenna (13) to enable transmission of a data item comprising both the unique product identification code and processed activity data to a remote data capture means (16), at least the antenna (13) being adapted to sit outside the radiation-shielded enclosure.