• DocumentCode
    822819
  • Title

    Use of a Microprocessor in a Remote Working Level Monitor

  • Author

    Keefe, Donald J. ; McDowell, William P. ; Groer, Peter G.

  • Author_Institution
    Electronics Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois, U. S. A.
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    704
  • Lastpage
    709
  • Abstract
    The instrument described measures the shortlived 222Rn-daughter concentrations and the Working Level (WL) in sealed "hot chambers" located in uranium mines. Radiation-induced pulses from two separate sensors are transmitted through 500 ft. cables to a microprocessor, which processes the pulses and controls the operation of the system. A read-only memory stores a fixed program which is used to calculate the desired concentrations. The results are printed as pCi/l (Rn-daughter concentrations) and WL.
  • Keywords
    Assembly systems; Cables; Control systems; Detectors; Equations; Filters; Instruments; Microprocessors; Power supplies; Remote monitoring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1976.4328331
  • Filename
    4328331