Portable neutron spectrometer/dosimeter

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1983.4332324· OSTI ID:6709252

Waechter, D A; Erkkila, B H; Vasilik, D G

As part of the continuing DOE effort to upgrade personnel neutron dosimetry, the Health Division at Los Alamos has developed a portable, battery-operated, computerized neutron spectrometer/dosimeter. The instrument has a built-in tissue-equivalent LET neutron detector, 128-channel pulse height analyzer with integral liquid crystal display, and a microcomputer system which calculates dose and dose rate from neutrons incident on the detector. The neutron spectrometer/dosimeter is designed around a linear energy transfer (LET) proportional counter. The instrument will, at the user's option, display a raw data spectrum or a spectrum of rad or rem as a function of keV per micron of equivalent tissue. The dosimeter will also calculate and display accumulated dose in millirad and millirem, as well as giving the user neutron dose rates in millirad and millirem per hour.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6709252
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-2981; CONF-821011-5; ON: DE83002083
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERS
DESIGN
DOSE RATES
DOSIMETRY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
LET
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
NEUTRON SPECTRA
PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
PULSE ANALYZERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
SPECTRA
TISSUE-EQUIVALENT DETECTORS
TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS