The Design, Build and Test of a Digital Analyzer for Mixed Radiation Fields
The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields is described. This instrument has been developed to provide portable, real-time discrimination of hard mixed fields comprising both neutrons and γ rays with energies typically above 0.5 MeV. The instrument in its standard fo...
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Published in | IEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 2625 - 2630 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
IEEE
01.10.2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields is described. This instrument has been developed to provide portable, real-time discrimination of hard mixed fields comprising both neutrons and γ rays with energies typically above 0.5 MeV. The instrument in its standard form comprises a sensor head and a system unit, and affords the flexibility to provide processed data in the form of the traditional scatter-plot representation separating neutron and γ -ray components, or the full, sampled pulse data itself. The instrument has been tested with an americium-beryllium source in three different shielding arrangements to replicate the case in which there are only neutrons, only γ rays and where both neutrons and γ -rays are present. The instrument is observed to return consistent results. |
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ISSN: | 0018-9499 1558-1578 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TNS.2010.2044245 |