Evaluation of [sup 137]Cs in pond sedment with an underwater HPGe detector

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6659682

Winn, W G ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

At the Savannah River Site during the past year, an underwater high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector was used to inventory [sup 137]Cs in sediment of a reactor cooling pond. Dam maintenance required lowering the water level of the pond by 6 m, and the gamma-emitting radionuclides in the exposed sediment needed preevaluation. Although earlier [sup 137]Cs data were available, there were no comprehensive underwater gamma spectrometric measurements of the sediment.

• OSTI ID: 6659682
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 66; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540230 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540330* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COOLING PONDS
COOLING SYSTEMS
DETECTION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PONDS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION MONITORS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER RESERVOIRS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES