Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases

Perdue, P T; Haywood, F F

Title: Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases

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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:: Perdue, P T; Haywood, F F

Issue Date:: 1980-05-02

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

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  title        = {Cryogenic method for measuring nuclides and fission gases},

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  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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