Radiation-detecting devices are on back order at most suppliers.
Demand for radiation detection devices from companies sending oil, natural gas and other cargoes to and from Japan is rising after an earthquake damaged the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear reactor.
“There’s been exponential demand because of the nuclear problems in Japan” for detection devices, said a safety- equipment supplier to the shipping industry, based in Sheffield, U.K. “The supply time from manufacturers that supply the shipping industry have had such demand that delivery times have gone out from 2-3 weeks to 8-9 weeks.”