Radionuclide Sensors for Subsurface Water Monitoring

Technical Report · Fri Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/890024· OSTI ID:890024

DeVol, Timothy

Contamination of the subsurface by radionuclides is a persistent and vexing problem for the Department of Energy. These radionuclides must be measured in field studies and monitoed in the long term when they cannot be removed. However, no radionuclide sensors existed for groundwater monitoring prior to this team's research under the EMSP program Detection of a and b decays from radionuclides in water is difficult due to their short ranges in condensed media.

• Research Organization: Clemson Univ., SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-99ER62888
• OSTI ID: 890024
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/62888; EMSP 70179; TRN: US0703150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTAMINATION
GROUND WATER
MONITORING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIATION DETECTORS
ALPHA DETECTION
BETA DETECTION