Radiation detection equipment created by North East firm Kromek has been used to help protect Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at an awards ceremony in Germany.
Police in the German city of Aachen, supported by the EU Commission Protective Security Advisor team, used equipment made by Sedgefield-based Kromek to secure a number of venues against radiological threats.
President Zelenskyy was visiting Aachen to receive the Charlemagne Prize, an award presented for work done in the service of European unification. He then went on to visit world leaders in the UK, Italy and France to discuss further defence packages for his country. Kromek’s portable radiological detector D3S was used at all security checkpoints along with other security equipment to ensure that the 750 special guests, who also included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, were safe during the special ceremony.
