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

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 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--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 74; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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