Mixed species radioiodine air sampling readout and dose assessment system

Title: Mixed species radioiodine air sampling readout and dose assessment system

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This invention provides a simple, reliable, inexpensive and portable means and method for determining the thyroid dose rate of mixed airborne species of solid and gaseous radioiodine without requiring highly skilled personnel, such as health physicists or electronics technicians. To this end, this invention provides a means and method for sampling a gas from a source of a mixed species of solid and gaseous radioiodine for collection of the mixed species and readout and assessment of the emissions therefrom by cylindrically, concentrically and annularly molding the respective species around a cylindrical passage for receiving a conventional probe-type Geiger-Mueller radiation detector.

Inventors:

Distenfeld, Carl H ^[1]; Klemish, Jr., Joseph R. ^[2]

Mattituck, NY
(Bohemia, NY)

Issue Date:: 1978-01-01

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 863034

Patent Number(s):: 4079628

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N1/405 - {by adsorption or absorption}
G01N2001/2276 - {Personal monitors}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T7/02 - Collecting means for receiving or storing samples to be investigated {and possibly directly transporting the samples to the measuring arrangement

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N1/2273 - {Atmospheric sampling}
G01N1/2214 - {by sorption}

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DOE Contract Number:: AT(30-1)-16

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: mixed; species; radioiodine; air; sampling; readout; dose; assessment; provides; simple; reliable; inexpensive; portable; means; method; determining; thyroid; rate; airborne; solid; gaseous; requiring; highly; skilled; personnel; health; physicists; electronics; technicians; gas; source; collection; emissions; therefrom; cylindrically; concentrically; annularly; molding; respective; cylindrical; passage; receiving; conventional; probe-type; geiger-mueller; radiation; detector; air sampling; radiation detector; dose rate; mixed air; /73/96/250/

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  abstractNote = {This invention provides a simple, reliable, inexpensive and portable means and method for determining the thyroid dose rate of mixed airborne species of solid and gaseous radioiodine without requiring highly skilled personnel, such as health physicists or electronics technicians. To this end, this invention provides a means and method for sampling a gas from a source of a mixed species of solid and gaseous radioiodine for collection of the mixed species and readout and assessment of the emissions therefrom by cylindrically, concentrically and annularly molding the respective species around a cylindrical passage for receiving a conventional probe-type Geiger-Mueller radiation detector.},

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