Portable neutron spectrometer/dosimeter

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 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 Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6709252
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-2981; CONF-821011-5; ON: DE83002083
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, Washington, DC, USA, 20 Oct 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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