A new contamination monitor with scintillation detection

Author

Klett, Alfred ; Haefner, Peter ; Reuter, Wilfried

Author_Institution

Berthold Technol., Bad Wildbad

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

1213

Lastpage

1214

Abstract

Berthold Technologies designed for the measurement of radioactive contaminations on surfaces a new handheld contamination monitor. The instrument is based on innovative scintillation technology and has high sensitivity and uniform response over the entire detection area of 170 cm². This is achieved by utilizing a sophisticated reflector geometry. The monitor is capable of simultaneous and separate measurement of alpha-particles and of beta-gamma-radiation. The instrument was calibrated with more than 30 radionuclides which are commonly used in research or in nuclear medicine including also several short-lived nuclides like ^99mTc or ¹⁸F

Keywords

alpha-particle detection; beta-ray detection; gamma-ray detection; radiation protection; scintillation counters; ¹⁸F; ^99mTc; alpha-particles measurement; beta-gamma-radiation measurement; handheld contamination monitor; nuclear medicine; radioactive contaminations; radionuclides; reflector geometry; scintillation detection; short-lived nuclides; Batteries; Calibration; Geometry; Instruments; Monitoring; Pollution measurement; Protection; Radiation detectors; Solid scintillation detectors; Surface contamination;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fajardo

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9221-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596468

Filename

1596468