Tritium monitoring system for near ambient measurements

Author

Falter, K.G. ; Bauer, M.L.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

1330

Abstract

The authors describe the current status of research on an improved tritium measurement system at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the US Navy. Present tritium-in-air monitoring systems installed by the Navy can reliably measure to less than 10 mu Ci/m/sup 3/, but medical and safety issues are pushing measurement needs to below 1 mu Ci/m/sup 3/, which is equivalent to 1-10 nCi/ml in liquid samples, using a calcium metal converter. A significant effort has been expended over the past 10 years by the Navy RADIAC Development Program at ORNL on various schemes to improve the detection of tritium in both air and liquid at near ambient levels. One such scheme includes a liquid flow-through system based on an NE102 sponge scintillator with dual photomultiplier tubes for tube noise rejection.<>

Keywords

beta-ray detection and measurement; radiation monitoring; scintillation counters; tritium; NE102 sponge scintillator; T; air; dual photomultiplier tubes; liquid; liquid flow-through system; monitoring system; near ambient measurements; tritium measurement system; tube noise rejection; Instruments; Laboratories; Monitoring; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical pulse shaping; Photomultipliers; Sampling methods; Solid scintillation detectors; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258829

Filename

258829