Title :
Development and testing of a large-area underwater survey device
Author :
Johnson, O. ; Osborne, D. ; Wildgoose, C. ; Worstell, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
A large-area underwater radioactive survey device was developed for a contamination survey of the 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 :
photomultipliers; radiation monitoring; radioactivity measurement; solid scintillation detectors; water pollution measurement; Johnston Atoll; NaI(Tl) detector; NaI:Tl; large-area underwater survey device; photomultiplier; Contamination; Control systems; Detectors; Face detection; Microprocessors; Photoelectricity; Photomultipliers; Physics; Testing; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3534-1
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591474
