Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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.  The Company also has a 50% equity interest in Nagase-Landauer, Ltd. (“Nagase”), a radiation measurement company in Japan. 

The sales to and purchases from Aquila were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Sales to Aquila	$	18	$	1,870	$	414	$	3,673
Purchases from Aquila		214		23		204		31

Balance sheet items associated with Aquila were as follows:

(Dollars in Thousands)	March 31, 2016		September 30, 2015
Amounts in accounts receivable	$	1,919	$	2,795
Amounts in accounts payable		173		284

The sales to and purchases from Nagase were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Sales to Nagase	$	1,196	$	109	$	2,294	$	755
Purchases from Nagase		99		196		694		462

Balance sheet items associated with Nagase were as follows:

(Dollars in Thousands)	March 31, 2016		September 30, 2015
Amounts in accounts receivable	$	819	$	769
Amounts in accounts payable		51		33