By John McHale

Waltham, Mass. - Officials at Thermo Electron Corp. today unveiled ViewPoint, a remote monitoring software platform that provides real-time personnel and area monitoring during routine and outage operations in the nuclear power industry. The system is also for use in environmental, industrial, civil defense, and security monitoring applications.

The ViewPoint system provides the user the ability to centrally process and analyze instrument/detector data and integrate detectors from Thermo Electron’s portfolio as well as third-party vendors. ViewPoint enables increased efficiency and optimization of operational management by integrating personnel, area, and process monitoring for radiation data into a single application, Thermo officials say.

The remote monitoring software platform enables customers to incrementally add on to the existing system, providing a platform that can continually be updated as the user’s needs evolve. The customizable and scalable system is also built on Thermo Electron’s rugged wireless network.

Phase I of the ViewPoint launch focuses on the integration of radiation capabilities. The Thermo ViewPoint system provides two-way communication capability with Thermo Electron’s electronic personal dosimeter units (epd), a dosimeter that interfaces with third party electronic dosimeters; portable radiation survey meters from Thermo and third party vendors. Global positioning system capability has also been integrated into viewpoint, which enables real-time data and location tracking. Additional devices are being added on an on-going basis.

The ViewPoint system comprises five main components: the viewpoint appliance; an industrial computer processor; user workstations; plug-ins; and client plug-ins.

For more information about ViewPoint or any of Thermo’s radiation management and protection products, please visit www.Thermo.Com/rmp.