Whole body counter intercomparison study-1986

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Radiation Protection Management; (United States)

OSTI ID:5232009

Haskins, A W; Coleman, R L ^[1]

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1. Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (US)

During 1985 and 1986, the Tennessee Valley Authority's Radiological Health Staff conducted a two-phase intercomparison study of whole body counting systems using a phantom loaded with mixed fission and activation product sources (Ce-144, Cs-137, Co-60, Mn-54, Zn-65, and I-131). eighteen WBC systems at six utilities in the eastern United States were tested for their ability to identify the nuclides and quantify their activities. The results presented in this article show that the average bias of most of the WBC systems tested was heavily positive while the average precision of all systems was very good. The three basic WBC geometries (chair, bed, and stand-up) performed about the same; however, bed and stand-up WBCs were unable to identify Ce-144. High-purity germanium detectors were about twice as accurate and precise as sodium iodide detectors.

• OSTI ID: 5232009
• Journal Information: Radiation Protection Management; (United States), Vol. 3:5; ISSN 0740-0640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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