• DocumentCode
    814407
  • Title

    A Comparison of the In-Situ Measurement of Terrestrial Americium with a Ge(Li) Spectrometer and a Fidler

  • Author

    Roth, Stephen J. ; Huckabay, George

  • Author_Institution
    Biomedical Division and Electronics Engineering Department Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California Livermore, California 94550
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    438
  • Lastpage
    443
  • Abstract
    The evaluation of the sensitivity of a Ge(Li) coaxial detector in comparison with a thin NaI(Tl) detector in in situ terrestrial 241Am is described. The experiment was performed in areas of natural background and fallout products. Of primary concern is the detection of 241Am 60 keV gamma ray. Calculated from these data are the corresponding quantitations of 239,240Pu.
  • Keywords
    Area measurement; Detectors; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy measurement; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Pollution measurement; Soil measurements; Spectroscopy; Surface contamination;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1974.4327495
  • Filename
    4327495