• DocumentCode
    1345038
  • Title

    Development and testing of a large-area underwater survey device

  • Author

    Johnson, O. ; Osborne, D. ; Wildgoose, C. ; Worstell, W. ; Lobel, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Boston Univ., MA, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    792
  • Lastpage
    798
  • Abstract
    A large-area underwater radioactive survey device was developed for a contamination survey of Johnston Atoll. A towed device consisting of a single photomultiplier and a single scintillator crystal is described. Results from the development and deployment of the device are presented
  • Keywords
    plutonium; radioactive pollution; radioactivity measuring apparatus; sodium compounds; solid scintillation detectors; thallium; water pollution measurement; Johnston Atoll; NaI:Tl; Pu; contamination survey; large-area underwater radioactive survey device; large-area underwater survey device; single photomultiplier; single scintillator crystal; Contamination; Counting circuits; DNA; Detectors; Face detection; Microprocessors; Photoelectricity; Photomultipliers; Physics; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.603754
  • Filename
    603754