Published July 2009
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Journal article
Design and development of a portable gamma radiation monitor
- 1. Health Physics Division, Directorate of Systems and Services, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), Nilore, Islamabad 45650 (Pakistan)
- 2. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P. O. Nilore, Islamabad 45650 (Pakistan)
Description
A portable gamma radiation monitor has been designed and developed. The monitor can be used effectively in the dose range from 0.07 to 500 mGy/h due to gamma rays of energy greater than 65 keV. The monitor overestimated radiation doses and the uncertainty in the measured dose rate has been found to be ≤30%. The response of the monitor can be considered isotropic within an acceptable error of ±30%. Provision has also been added to use the monitor as an installed radiation monitor. In installed mode, it can be operated from a remote location up to 1 km and the timing history can be stored on a personal computer.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3160292;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Journal Volume
- 80
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 073101-073101.6
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- CODEN
- RSINAK
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44013486
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DESIGN; DOSE RATES; ERRORS; GAMMA DETECTION; KEV RANGE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORS
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTERS; DETECTION; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; DOSES; ENERGY RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MONITORS; RADIATION DETECTION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics