DocumentCode
873792
Title
Violinist: Sophisticated Pu Field Monitor
Author
Umbarger, C.John ; Wolf, Michael A. ; Trujillo, Faustin
Author_Institution
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Volume
31
Issue
1
fYear
1984
Firstpage
659
Lastpage
660
Abstract
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 developed1 some years ago. The electronics weigh 1.7 lb and fit inside a package 7"×5"×l-3/4" deep. The device has: 256 channel MCA; microcomputer control; 32×84 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.
Keywords
Batteries; Calibration; Computer displays; Electronics packaging; Liquid crystal displays; Microcomputers; Radiation detectors; Radiation monitoring; Silicon radiation detectors; Spectroscopy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1984.4333339
Filename
4333339
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