An ultraviolet radiation sanitation system which is portable and which operates on battery power to generate UVC radiation to decontaminate bathrooms on aircraft and other small rooms or enclosed areas. The system includes one or more low pressure high output mercury or amalgam UVC lamps mounted on a housing which contains a battery powered power supply, lamp ballasts and control circuitry. The housing also includes a control panel having controls and indicators for system operation. A motion detector is provided on the housing to shut off the system in the presence of detected motion which would occur by the presence of a person. The housing is mounted on a tripod or other stand to support the system on an aircraft bathroom floor or other location in which the system is to be deployed.
