Surface horizontal logging for radon at a Superfund site

Author

Gadeken, L.L. ; Madigan, Wm P.

Author_Institution

Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, TX, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1842

Lastpage

1845

Abstract

The Department of Energy sponsored an Expedited Site Characterization study performed by Ames Laboratory at the St. Louis (Missouri) Airport Site during August-September, 1994. Uranium processing occurred there during the Cold War and significant residual radioactive contamination now exists on site. This paper reports on continuous gamma ray spectroscopy measurements to identify the emitting isotopes and to quantify the amount of radioactivity present for each. An oilfield wireline gamma ray spectrometry sonde (the Compensated Spectral Natural Gamma instrument) was adapted to perform horizontal measurements with the detector section 3 ft above the soil surface. The results of the gamma ray spectroscopy measurements are discussed

Keywords

gamma-ray spectroscopy; geophysical techniques; pollution measurement; radiation detection; radioactive pollution; radioactivity measurement; radon; soil; Compensated Spectral Natural Gamma instrument; Rn; Superfund site; continuous gamma ray spectroscopy measurements; gamma ray spectroscopy measurements; oilfield wireline gamma ray spectrometry sonde; residual radioactive contamination; surface horizontal logging; uranium processing; Airports; Gamma ray detection; Instruments; Isotopes; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Pollution measurement; Soil measurements; Spectroscopy; Surface contamination;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.507233

Filename

507233