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Title: System and method for monitoring a wellbore

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OSTI ID:1464621

A detector assembly includes a scintillator configured to generate a light signal in response to an impinging radiation signal from an object, where the scintillator has a first end and a second end. Further, the detector assembly includes a first detector disposed adjacent the scintillator and configured to receive a first portion of the light signal from the scintillator and a second detector operatively coupled to the second end of the scintillator and configured to receive a second portion of the light signal from the scintillator. The detector assembly also includes a reflector operatively coupled to the scintillator and the first detector and configured to guide the light signal from the scintillator to the first detector, where the reflector is configured to redirect the first portion of the light signal by a determined amount to reduce a path length between a radiation source, the object, and the scintillator.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FE0024293
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
10,024,999
Application Number:
15/688,113
OSTI ID:
1464621
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Aug 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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