Author, as appears in the article.: Ramon Casanovas; Elena Prieto; Marçal Salvadó
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: CASANOVAS ALEGRE, RAMON; Elena Prieto; SALVADÓ ARTELLS, MARÇAL
Keywords: Monte Carlo simulation scintillation gamma-ray spectrometry LaBr3(Ce)
Abstract: 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.
Research group: Física i Cristal.lografia de Materials
Thematic Areas: Ciències de la salut Ciencias de la salud Health sciences
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 0969-8043
Author identifier: N/D; N/D; N/D
Record's date: 2016-10-03
Last page: 159
Journal volume: 118
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804316303268?via%3Dihub
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.09.001
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
First page: 154
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
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