I remember my training for survival on the nuclear battlefield from my military days:
First rule of radiation detection: If you are detecting the radiation and are not wearing protective gear, or in a protective environment and detecting remotely, then you have probably already been exposed and its too late. If the radiation was the bad kind or great enough, all a radiation detection capability will be good for in these cases is to give you something to talk or brag about until your hair starts falling out and/or your insides begin to turn to something the consistency of a bowl of mushy oatmeal.
Second rule of radiation detection: Even if wearing protective gear or in a protective environment, at some point the radiation is still going to overcome the protection or get in if exposure is long enough. Make sure you are not in a protective environment with claustrophobic personnel because their need to open the door and get out will to them be greater than your need to stay alive.
Third rule of radiation detection: You have the finest equipment in the world, just remember it was made by the lowest bidder.
Fourth rule of radiation detection: Always select someone else (preferably someone expendable and you don't like) to go out to do the detecting or to stay behind to man the phones/radio/post.
The advantage of a 64 bit operating system over a 32 bit operating system comes down to only being twice the headache.
