Rapid monitoring of gaseous fission products in BWRs using a portable spectrometer

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:436976

Yeh, Wei-Wen; Lee, Cheng-Jong ^[1]; Chen, Chen-Yi; Chung, Chien ^[2]

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1. Taiwan Power Co., Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China)
2. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China)

Rapid, quantitative determination of gaseous radionuclides is the most difficult task in the field of environmental monitoring for radiation. Although the identification of each gaseous radionuclide is relatively straightforward using its decayed gamma ray as an index, the quantitative measurement is hampered by the time-consuming sample collection procedures, in particular for the radioactive noble gaseous fission products of krypton and xenon. In this work, a field gamma-ray spectrometer consisting of a high-purity germanium detector, portable multichannel anlayzer, and a notebook computer was used to conduct rapid scanning of radioactive krypton and xenon in the air around a nuclear facility.

• OSTI ID: 436976
• Report Number(s): CONF-9606116-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 96:005275-0214
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 74; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Reno, NV (United States), 16-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
FISSION PRODUCTS
MONITORING
KRYPTON 85
XENON 133
BWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
XENON 131
AIR