Violinist: sophisticated Pu field monitor

A new, smart, portable multichannel analyzer-based plutonium field monitor has been developed that will significantly improve field monitoring capability by accident response teams. Called the Violinist, the system uses the ever-popular thin NaI(Tl) detector developed some years ago. The electronics...

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Main Authors Umbarger, C J, Wolf, M A, Trujillo, F
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1983
Subjects
400103 - Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures- (-1987)
440100 - Radiation Instrumentation
ACTINIDES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
FIELD TESTS
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MONITORS
MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYZERS
NAI DETECTORS
PLUTONIUM
PULSE ANALYZERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION MONITORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
TESTING
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
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Summary:A new, smart, portable multichannel analyzer-based plutonium field monitor has been developed that will significantly improve field monitoring capability by accident response teams. Called the Violinist, the system uses the ever-popular thin NaI(Tl) detector developed some years ago. The electronics weigh 1.7 lb and fit inside a package 7'' x 5'' x 1-3/4'' deep. The device has: 256 channel MCA; microcomputer control; 32 x 84 dot matrix LCD alphanumeric and spectral display; three independent cursor sets for region of interest definition; keyboard-entered constants (3); computation algorithms; and internal battery power (15 hr lifetime). The package has wide radiation monitoring applications.
Bibliography:LA-UR-83-2941; CONF-831015-8
W-7405-ENG-36
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578