Overhoff Technology Corp is a subsidiary of
US Nuclear Corp, (OTC BB: UCLE) based in
Milford, Ohio that designs, constructs, and sells
radiation monitoring equipment Radiation dosimetry in the fields of health physics and radiation protection is the measurement, calculation and assessment of the ionizing radiation dose absorbed by an object, usually the human body. This applies both internally, due to ingested ...
.
History
Overhoff Technology Corp was founded by Mario Overhoff (1928-2005). The company was acquired by
Optron Scientific Corp/Technical Associates in 2006 and operates under US Nuclear Corp.
In 2010, Overhoff partnered with Locus Technologies to provide a
Tritium monitoring solution for the nuclear industry, in order to address concerns regarding leaking and possibly dangerous levels of Tritium.
The company became publicly traded in early 2015 and trades on the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
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The board was used for ...
under the trading symbol: UCLE.
Products
Their product line includes
tritium monitors,
heavy water leak detectors,
gamma
Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...
survey meters, environmental ion chambers and
neutron
The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol or , which has a neutral (not positive or negative) charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. Protons and neutrons constitute the nuclei of atoms. Since protons and neutrons beh ...
dosimeter
A radiation dosimeter is a device that measures dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. It is worn by the person being monitored when used as a personal dosimeter, and is a record of the radiation dose received. Modern electronic personal dos ...
s which are used to detect radioactive tritium in air, water and ground sources.
Overhoff Technology's products are
ISO 9001 certified and used globally for
nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a electric generator, generato ...
s, fusion energy research, development of new pharmaceuticals, defense industries, and research facilities. The company has been awarded contracts by the
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secu ...
Government Contracts
/ref> and sells tritium equipment to China, South Korean, Canada, UK and Argentina based nuclear power facilities.
References
External links
* ttp://www.usnuclearcorp.com/ US Nuclear Corp website
Obituary for Dr. Overhoff
* In Memoriam from Health Physics Society http://hps.org/aboutthesociety/people/inmemoriam/Overhoff.html
*
Technical Associates
(now part of US Nuclear Corp along with Overhoff Technology Corp)
Companies based in Ohio
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