Smartphone Simulator for Realistic Radiation HAZMAT and Emergency Response Training

 描述(申请人提供)：智能手机模拟器真实的辐射危险物质和应急反应培训项目摘要高水平的放射性辐射是公共健康的主要来源。这项提议寻求开发一个基于模拟器的工具，用于辐射危险物质和应急反应培训。智能手机模拟器产生了一个虚拟环境，学员可以在其中探索各种手持辐射探测器在涉及放射源存在的现实场景中的操作。智能手机应用程序(APP)将模拟一系列具有不同功能、限制和操作模式的商业工具。它还创造了现实的场景，捕捉未知强度和成分、屏蔽、距离以及建筑物和景观布局的放射源的影响。这款培训应用程序基于CapeSym最近的软件开发，允许对辐射环境和商业探测器仪器的响应进行高保真模拟。培训应用程序的设计将允许教员直接参与，无论是定义辐射情景还是评估受训人员的表现。培训模块将由教师使用易于修改的模板进行定制。由于该应用程序将安装在学员的智能手机上，因此所有培训模块都将在传统培训课程之外提供，从而为持续的、自我指导的培训提供机会。拟议中的培训应用程序将允许学员以微不足道的成本获得昂贵仪器的实践体验。它还允许在伽马和中子辐射水平较高的模拟复杂场景中进行训练，否则进行这种训练可能危险得令人望而却步，而且成本高昂。这款培训应用程序允许对全国各地的大量危险品和应急人员进行广泛、低成本的培训。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Smartphone Simulator for Realistic Radiation HAZMAT and Emergency Response Training Project Summary High levels of radioactive radiation is a major source of public health. This proposal seeks to develop a simulator-based tool for radiation HAZMAT and emergency response training. The smartphone simulator produces a virtual environment where the trainee can explore the operation of a variety of hand-held radiation detectors in realistic scenarios involving the presence of radioactive sources. The smartphone application (app) will emulate a wide range of commercial instruments having different capabilities, limitations and modes of operation. It also creates realistic scenarios tha capture the effect of radioactive sources of unknown strength and composition, shielding, distance and the layout of buildings and landscape. The training app is based on recent software developments at CapeSym that allow for high fidelity simulation of both the radiation environment and the response of commercial detector instruments. The training app will be designed to allow direct participation of the instructor, both in defining the radiation scenario ad assessing the performance of the trainees. The training modules will be customizable by the instructor, using easy-to-modify templates. As the app would be on the trainee's smart-phone, all of the training modules would be available outside of a traditional training course, providing opportunities for continual, self-directed training. The proposed training app will allow trainees o receive hands-on experience with expensive instruments, at negligible cost. It also allows training in simulated complex scenarios with high levels of gamma and neutron radiation, which can be otherwise prohibitively dangerous and expensive to conduct. This training app allows for wide-spread, low-cost training of a large number of HAZMAT and emergency responders across the country.