TY - JOUR
AU - Dewey, Steven C.
AB - Operational Topic This article presents a method that combines experimental and simplified radiation transport simulation approaches to enable the quantification of the amount of activity in any unusually shaped object when cost and other factors preclude the manufacturing of an appropriate calibration standard. A Method for the Quantitative Gamma Spectroscopic Analysis of an Unusually Shaped Unknown Source Kimberlee J. Kearfott* and Steven C. Dewey† ric representation of the object. An estimation Abstract: An unmarked cylindrical device, pose of all the capacitors stored in of self shielding from Monte Carlo is then identified as a ceramic high voltage capacitor, inventory as well, for a total of applied to that result. Health Phys. needed its radioactivity assessed so that approximately 55 capacitors. 96(Supplement 1):S31–S36; 2009 proper disposal and shipping requirements The capacitors were measured could be met. Using a high purity germanium Key words: operational topics; detector, ger- detector, naturally occurring Th was iden- on site using hand-held Geiger manium; naturally occurring radionuclides; tified as the source of radioactivity. A series counters for surface exposure and spectrometry, gamma of point source measurements was made exposure at 1 m. The exposure at along the length of the item’s axis using 60 the 
TI - A Method for the Quantitative Gamma Spectroscopic Analysis of an Unusually Shaped Unknown Source
JF - Health Physics
DA - 2009-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/a-method-for-the-quantitative-gamma-spectroscopic-analysis-of-an-RWBIWrXblG
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VL - 96
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DP - DeepDyve
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