Automated reader for solid-state fission track recorders

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6630184

Wemple, C A; Clikeman, F M ^[1]; Vehar, D W ^[2]

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1. Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)

An automatic optical track identification/counting system has been developed for counting the total number of fission tracks on a fused quartz solid state track recorder. The system is capable of analyzing up to twenty recorders a day with an operator input of less than two hours. The uncertainty introduced by the counting system is about one percent. 6 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6630184
• Report Number(s): SAND-90-2072C; CONF-900814--6; ON: DE90015845
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AUTOMATION
CHALCOGENIDES
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
EQUIPMENT
FISSION TRACKS
MINERALS
OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE TRACKS
PERFORMANCE
QUARTZ
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES