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Title: LRAD soil surface contamination monitor test and demonstration at the Savannah River Site

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/390424· OSTI ID:390424

The Savannah River Site (SRS) Solid Waste Management (SWM) organization requested Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) / Analytical Development Section (ADS) assistance in evaluating a Long Range Alpha Detector (LRAD) as a soil surface contamination monitor. Solid Waste Management also contracted TMA NcClean to bring the equipment to SRS and to operate it during the demonstration. For the demonstration, we measured LRAD signals above different surface materials including asphalt, concrete, clay soil, sandy soil, gravel, and a plywood sheet. This report describes the tests conducted at SRTC in the period August 22, 1995 through August 24, 1995. In order to put the data that were acquired in these tests in perspective, the physical principals on which LRAD is based are discussed.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
OSTI ID:
390424
Report Number(s):
WSRC-RP-95-911; ON: DE97060002; TRN: 96:028481
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English