Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination

Larsen, III, George K.; Hunyadi Murph, Simona E.

Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination

Patent · 29 March 2022

OSTI ID:1892771

Larsen, III, George K.; Hunyadi Murph, Simona E.

Radiation detectors and methods of using the radiation detectors that provide a route for surface decontamination during use are described. The detectors utilize light illumination of an internal surface during use. Light is in the longer UV-to-near-infrared spectra and desorbs contamination from internal surfaces of radiation detectors. The methods can be carried out while the detectors are in operation, preventing the appearance of the negative effects of radioactive and non-radioactive contamination during a detection regime and following a detection regime.

Research Organization:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Assignee:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)

Patent Number(s):: 11,289,231

Application Number:: 17/004,646

OSTI ID:: 1892771

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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