Author, as appears in the article.: Casanovas R; Prieto E; Salvadó M

Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Casanovas Alegre, Ramon / Salvadó Artells, Marçal

Keywords: Scintillation gamma-ray spectrometry Monte carlo simulation Labr3(ce) Labr (ce) 3 H*(10) monte carlo simulation labr(3)(ce) h*(10)

Abstract: © 2016 The measurement of the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) with automatic real-time radioactivity monitors using gamma-ray spectrometry provides valuable information at short integration times and serves as an alternative to conventional peak analysis of spectra. In this paper, a full methodology for the calculation of this quantity using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations is described and applied to real spectrometric measurements with LaBr3(Ce) scintillation detectors. The methodology involves the calculation of the fluence-to-H*(10) conversion factors and a method for obtaining the fluence from gamma-ray spectra. The combination of these two elements makes it possible to calculate the H*(10). The obtained results are compared with the H*(10) measurements of a Geiger-Müller (GM) detector. Finally, the necessary activity concentration to produce a certain increment on the H*(10) is discussed for some isotopes. This is used to discuss the analysis capabilities of the spectrometric detectors when compared to GM ones.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Radiology, nuclear medicine & medical imaging Radiation Química Odontología Nutrição Nuclear science & technology Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Chemistry, inorganic & nuclear Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Arquitetura e urbanismo Antropologia / arqueologia

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 09698043

Author's mail: ramon.casanovas@urv.cat m.salvado@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-3954-158X 0000-0002-9399-6649

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804316303268

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Applied Radiation And Isotopes. 118 154-159

APA: Casanovas R; Prieto E; Salvadó M (2016). Calculation of the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) from gamma-ray spectra obtained with scintillation detectors. Applied Radiation And Isotopes, 118(), 154-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.09.001

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.09.001

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2016

Publication Type: Journal Publications