• DocumentCode
    1176584
  • Title

    Passive detector for measurement of the implanted 210Po activity in glass

  • Author

    Meesen, G. ; Uyttenhove, J. ; Poffijn, A. ; Van Laere, K. ; Buysse, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nucl. Phys. Lab., Ghent Univ., Belgium
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    960
  • Lastpage
    963
  • Abstract
    It is a well known fact that radon is the most important factor in the natural radiation background. For complete dose calculations we need information about the radon concentration up to 25 years ago. As suggested by C. Samuelsson et al. (1988), the activity of the implanted radon daughter 210Po can be used to reconstruct radon activity over past decades. For large scale surveys in dwellings a passive detector based on polycarbonate foils has been investigated. This system has a sufficient sensitivity to detect 210Po levels down to 1 Bq/m2 with a 6 month measuring period
  • Keywords
    calibration; foils; glass; particle detectors; polonium; polymers; radioactivity measurement; radioisotopes; solid-state nuclear track detectors; 210Po activity; Po; glass; implanted; passive detector; polycarbonate foils; Alpha particles; Biophysics; Detectors; Glass; Ionizing radiation; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Lead isotopes; Lungs; Nuclear physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.322839
  • Filename
    322839
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1176584