Published September 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Development of pedestrian portal monitor for special nuclear material

  • 1. China Inst. of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

Description

A pedestrian portal monitor using plastic scintillation as detector for special nuclear material (SNM) is developed. At 2.58 x 10-9 C·kg-1·h-1 of background and less than 1.2 m/s of pedestrian speed, the sensitivity is 2 g and 0.06 g for high enrichment uranium and low-burnup plutonium respectively; at 5.16 x 10-9 C·kg-1·h-1 of background and less than 1.2 m/s of pedestrian speed, the sensitivity is 3 g and 0.08 g for high enrichment uranium and low-burnup plutonium respectively. The false alarm probability is less than 1/3000. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Atomic Energy Science and Technology
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 455-457
ISSN
1000-6931

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Notes
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