AN INTERNET OF THINGS SOLUTION FOR RADIOACTIVITY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Having access to reliable radiation measurements, that they can trust, is key to people living in long-term nuclear contaminated areas or near nuclear power plants. In such scenarios, due to the high levels of fear associated with radioactivity, citizens were frequently shown to lose their trust in the authorities. While previously only the nuclear companies and the national authorities had the possibility to collect and publish fairly accurate radioactivity environment levels, the advancements associated with the Internet of Things - IoT, such as the introduction of internet-connected microcontroller based boards, coupled with the development of cheap radiation sensors is making it possible for regular citizens to collect their own radiation measurements. The present paper proposes such a solution that uses the Pocket Geiger radiameter and the Arduino UNO board in order to collect radiation data. Our proposal is based on the device-gateway communication model of the Internet Society. Moreover, the collected measurements can easily be shared in real-time with fellow citizens using Twitter or stored in the cloud for further analysis.