Published April 1990
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Journal article
Measuring and predicting gamma radiation from radioactive glass-filled canisters
Description
Measurement and prediction of outside surface exposure rates and measurement of gamma photon spectra from radioactive sources are described. The sources were 30-cm-diam canisters filled with borosilicate glass to a height of ∼ 100 cm. Each canister contained up to 237 kCi of 137Cs and 159 kCi of 90Sr. Exposure rates on the outside surfaces ranged from 26000 to 320000 R/h chiefly from decay of 137Cs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Technology
- Journal Volume
- 90
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Nucl. Technol.
- Journal Page Range
- 78-86
- ISSN
- 0029-5450
- CODEN
- NUTYB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22007549
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S42: ENGINEERING;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CASKS; CESIUM 137; DECAY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FORECASTING; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTRA; I CODES; LEACHING; MEV RANGE 01-10; POINT KERNELS; Q CODES; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVITY; TRANSPORT THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COMPUTER CODES; CONTAINERS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; GLASS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; KERNELS; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MEV RANGE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SPECTRA; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES