Characterization system for germanium detectors dedicated to gamma spectroscopy applied to nuclear waste

Author

Roccaz, J. ; Portella, C. ; Saurel, N.

Author_Institution

CEA, DAM, Is sur Tille, France

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

CEA-Valduc, which belongs to the Military Application Division of CEA (CEA-DAM), produces some radioactive waste (mainly alpha emitters). Legislation requires producers to sort their waste by activity and type of isotopes, and to package them in order to forward them to the appropriate reprocessing or storage facility. Our lab LMDE (Laboratoire de Mesures sur Déchets nucléaires et Expertise) is in charge of the characterization of the majority of waste produced by CEA-Valduc. Among non-destructive methods to characterize a radioactive object, gamma-spectroscopy is one of the most efficient. We present to this conference the method we use to characterize nuclear waste and the system we developed to characterize our germanium detectors.

Keywords

gamma-ray spectroscopy; germanium radiation detectors; radiation monitoring; radioactive waste disposal; radioactive waste processing; radioactive waste storage; radioactivity measurement; CEA Military Application Division; CEA-DAM; CEA-Valduc; LMDE; Laboratoire de Mesures sur Déchets nucléaires et Expertise; alpha emitters; gamma spectroscopy; germanium detector; nondestructive methods; nuclear waste reprocessing; nuclear waste storage facility; waste characterization; Energy resolution; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Germanium; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Packaging; Radioactive pollution; Spectroscopy; Transfer functions; Characterization; HPGe detectors; gamma spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503787

Filename

5503787