Title :
Application of Large Area Organic Quenched Geiger Counters to Radiation Monitoring
Author_Institution :
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Health Physics Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, KOJ 1JO
Abstract :
Because one can operate organic quenched counters near atmosoheric pressure, they can be built with large area (250 cm2), thin (7 mg/cm2) windows to monitor large areas of low energy ß activity. To avoid the problem of short life (~ 108 counts) they are only biassed during a shortened monitoring period and are shielded against background radiation.
Keywords :
Clothing; Contamination; Counting circuits; Footwear; Lamps; Pollution measurement; Probes; Radiation detectors; Radiation monitoring; Rivers;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1975.4327651
