Baseline measurements of terrestrial gamma radioactivity at the CEBAF site

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5746406· OSTI ID:5746406

Wollenberg, H A; Smith, A R

A survey of the gamma radiation background from terrestrial sources was conducted at the CEBAF site, Newport News, Virginia, on November 12--16, 1990, to provide a gamma radiation baseline for the site prior to the startup of the accelerator. The concentrations and distributions of the natural radioelements in exposed soil were measured, and the results of the measurements were converted into gamma-ray exposure rates. Concurrently, samples were collected for laboratory gamma spectral analyses.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: SURA; Southeastern Universities Research Association, Newport News, VA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5746406
• Report Number(s): LBL-31344; ON: DE92009492
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATES
VIRGINIA
RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
CEBAF ACCELERATOR
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
NAI DETECTORS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
POTASSIUM 40
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOISOTOPES
SAMPLING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SOILS
THORIUM 232
URANIUM 238
ACCELERATORS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKA
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
HEAVY NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
SPECTROMETERS
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES
SURVEYS
THORIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM ISOTOPES
USA
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
540230* - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)