Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases
Abstract
A cryogenic method is provided for determining airborne gases and particulates from which gamma rays are emitted. A special dewar counting vessel is filled with the contents of the sampling flask which is immersed in liquid nitrogen. A vertically placed sodium-iodide or germanium-lithium gamma-ray detector is used. The device and method are of particular use in measuring and identifying the radioactive noble gases including emissions from coal-fired power plants, as well as fission gases released or escaping from nuclear power plants.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6825615
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; KRYPTON; MEASURING METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON 219; RADON 220; RADON 222; XENON; CRYOGENIC BUBBLE CHAMBERS; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; NAI DETECTORS; NITROGEN; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BUBBLE CHAMBERS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GAS TRACK DETECTORS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON ISOTOPES; RARE GASES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; 440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
Citation Formats
Perdue, P T, and Haywood, F F. Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases. United States: N. p., 1980.
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Perdue, P T, & Haywood, F F. Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases. United States.
Perdue, P T, and Haywood, F F. Fri .
"Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases". United States.
@article{osti_6825615,
title = {Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases},
author = {Perdue, P T and Haywood, F F},
abstractNote = {A cryogenic method is provided for determining airborne gases and particulates from which gamma rays are emitted. A special dewar counting vessel is filled with the contents of the sampling flask which is immersed in liquid nitrogen. A vertically placed sodium-iodide or germanium-lithium gamma-ray detector is used. The device and method are of particular use in measuring and identifying the radioactive noble gases including emissions from coal-fired power plants, as well as fission gases released or escaping from nuclear power plants.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1980},
month = {5}
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