Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Laboratory for high-precision measurements of radionuclide concentrations in environmental samples

• Autorzy: Jodłowski P. , Kalita S. J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper outlines the methodology used in the Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Laboratory for high-precision measurements of radionuclide activity concentrations in environmental samples. The Laboratory equipment includes a semiconductor detector HPGe with a 42% relative efficiency. The detector is placed in a Pb housing made of bricks 10 cm in thickness. Three measurement geometries are considered: Marinelli beakers 710 cm3 in volume and two cylindrical geometries 121 and 48 cm3 in volume. In the efficiency calibration (E = 32 division sign 1836 keV) mixed gamma standard solutions were used. Obtained experimental efficiency values epsilon were fitted with two quadratic functions. The junction point is that equivalent to 200 keV. Uncertainty of the calibration curve is 2% for E > 200 keV. The relationship between the total efficiency and the energy epsilon t(E) was also found for energies E = 33 division sign 1250 keV. Self-absorption correction factors Cs are calculated by the method proposed by K. Debertin, the uncertainty level being 1 division sign 2% for E > 100 keV. These correction factors are calculated by an original computer program. Coincidence summing correction factors Cc for the selected nuclides are derived using the ETNA computer program, basing on the relationships epsilon(E) and epsilon t(E). Minimum detectable activity (MDA) for selected nuclides encountered in environmental samples was determined for the water matrix. The methodology used was successfully verified in the course of international intercomparison measurements.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

gamma-ray spectrometry; environmental samples; efficiency; self-absorption; coincidence summing

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: Vol. 55, No. 2
• Strony: 143--148
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Jodłowski P.

autor

Kalita S. J.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, 30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone],

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