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Investigation into the properties of CdTe detectors for in-situ measurements
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.
2008 (English)In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, ISSN 0168-9002, E-ISSN 1872-9576, Vol. 596, no 3, p. 409-416Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

As part of a program investigating means to improve gamma-ray spectra obtained with CdTe detectors, we report results obtained with two 10×10×5 mm^3 CdTe detectors, one planar the other of quasi-hemispheric geometry. Applying a combination of cooling and pulse rise-time discrimination with the quasi-hemispheric detector, we obtain a resolution of 4 percent at 662 keV and a peak-to-valley ratio of 92 at a loss of approximately 25 percent of the counts in the full-energy region.

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2008. Vol. 596, no 3, p. 409-416
Keywords [en]
CdTe, Gamma-ray spectra, Rise-time discrimination
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Subatomic Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-14868DOI: doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.132ISI: 000261369000020OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-14868DiVA, id: diva2:181388
Available from: 2008-11-06 Created: 2008-11-06 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved
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1. In situ measurements of radionuclide concentration in soil: An investigation into detector properties and methods
Open this publication in new window or tab >>In situ measurements of radionuclide concentration in soil: An investigation into detector properties and methods
2010 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In case of a release of radioactive nuclides into the environment it is necessary to  have reliable methods to estimate the potential effect on people and the ecosystem. In this context the total activity deposited, the elemental composition and the depth distribution are of importance.

An efficient in situ method to estimate the average contamination over larger areas using high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors has been developed. The method combines simulation of photon transport with measured detector properties. The total activity of 137Cs determined from gamma-ray spectra recorded in situ are compared to results from soil sampling.

Another in situ method has been developed to determine the depth distribution of a radionuclide contamination, using an array of small detectors inserted into the ground, as an alternative to the standard procedure of soil sampling. The possibility to use cadmium telluride (CdTe) detectors as well as lanthanum bromide (LaBr3) detectors has been investigated. As a demonstration of the developed method the small-scale variation of the activity distributions in an area covering 350 m2 have been measured and is compared to results obtained by other methods.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 2010. p. 80
Keywords
In situ gamma-ray spectrometry, LaBr3, CdTe, Cs-137, soil samples
Research subject
Physics
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-47398 (URN)978-91-7447-192-2 (ISBN)
Public defence
2011-01-28, sal FA32, AlbaNova universitetscentrum, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: Submitted. Available from: 2011-01-03 Created: 2010-12-01 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved

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