Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

(10)Related Party Transactions

The Company has a minority interest in Yamasato, Fujiwara, Higa & Associates, Inc. doing business as Aquila.  The Company provides dosimetry parts to Aquila for its military contract. Certain amounts reported in the tables below for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014 have been corrected for an error discussed in Note 1.The sales to and purchases from Aquila were as follows for the periods ended:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Sales to Aquila	$	1,870	$	965	$	3,673	$	3,041
Purchases from Aquila		23		253		31		253

Balance sheet items were as follows for the periods ended:

(Dollars in Thousands)	March 31, 2015		September 30, 2014
Amounts in accounts receivable	$	1,905	$	3,799
Amounts in accounts payable		147		227

The Company has a 50% equity interest in Nagase-Landauer, Ltd. (“Nagase”), a radiation measurement company in Japan.  The sales to and purchases from Nagase were as follows for the periods ended:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Sales to Nagase	$	109	$	315	$	755	$	720
Purchases from Nagase		196		319		462		801

Balance sheet items were as follows for the periods ended:

(Dollars in Thousands)	March 31, 2015		September 30, 2014
Amounts in accounts receivable	$	35	$	27
Amounts in accounts payable		-		60