Development of an alpha/beta/gamma detector for radiation monitoring

Seiichi Yamamoto; Jun Hatazawa

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Development of an alpha/beta/gamma detector for radiation monitoring

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For radiation monitoring at the site of nuclear power plant accidents such as Fukushima Daiichi, radiation detectors not only for gamma photons but also for alpha and beta particles are needed because some nuclear fission products emit beta particles and gamma photons and some nuclear fuels contain plutonium that emits alpha particles. We developed a radiation detector that can simultaneously monitor alpha and beta particles and gamma photons for radiation monitoring. The detector consists of three-layered scintillators optically coupled to each other and coupled to a photomultiplier tube. The first layer, which is made of a thin plastic scintillator (decay time: 2.4 ns), detects alpha particles. The second layer, which is made of a thin Gd_(2)SiO_(5) (GSO) scintillator with 1.5 mol.percent Ce (decay time: 35 ns), detects beta particles. The third layer made of a thin GSO scintillator with 0.4 mol.percent Ce (decay time: 70 ns) detects gamma photons. By using pulse shape discrimination, the count rates of these layers can be separated. With individual irradiation of alpha and beta particles and gamma photons, the count rate of the first layer represented the alpha particles, the second layer represented the beta particles, and the third layer represented the gamma photons. Even with simultaneous irradiation of the alpha and beta particles and the gamma photons, these three types of radiation can be individually monitored using correction for the gamma detection efficiency of the second and third layers. Our developed alpha, beta, and gamma detector is simple and will be useful for radiation monitoring, especially at nuclear power plant accident sites or other applications where the simultaneous measurements of alpha and beta particles and gamma photons are required.

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《Review of Scientific Instruments》 |2011年第11期|113503-1-113503-6|共6页
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Seiichi Yamamoto; Jun Hatazawa;
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Kobe City College of Technology, 8-3, Gakuen-Higashi-machi, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2194, Japan;

Osaka University of Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan;

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