LRAD soil surface contamination monitor test and demonstration at the Savannah River Site

Sigg, R A; Hochel, R C

doi:10.2172/390424

Title: LRAD soil surface contamination monitor test and demonstration at the Savannah River Site

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The Savannah River Site (SRS) Solid Waste Management (SWM) organization requested Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) / Analytical Development Section (ADS) assistance in evaluating a Long Range Alpha Detector (LRAD) as a soil surface contamination monitor. Solid Waste Management also contracted TMA NcClean to bring the equipment to SRS and to operate it during the demonstration. For the demonstration, we measured LRAD signals above different surface materials including asphalt, concrete, clay soil, sandy soil, gravel, and a plywood sheet. This report describes the tests conducted at SRTC in the period August 22, 1995 through August 24, 1995. In order to put the data that were acquired in these tests in perspective, the physical principals on which LRAD is based are discussed.

Authors:: Sigg, R A; Hochel, R C

Publication Date:: Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

Research Org.:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 390424

Report Number(s):: WSRC-RP-95-911
ON: DE97060002; TRN: 96:028481

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-89SR18035

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; SOILS; REMEDIAL ACTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; MONITORING; RADIATION DETECTORS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PROGRESS REPORT; ALPHA DETECTION; SOLID WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; CONTAMINATION

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                    Sigg, R A, and Hochel, R C. LRAD soil surface contamination monitor test and demonstration at the Savannah River Site.  United States: N. p., 1995. 
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        "LRAD soil surface contamination monitor test and demonstration at the Savannah River Site".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/390424.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/390424.

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  abstractNote = {The Savannah River Site (SRS) Solid Waste Management (SWM) organization requested Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) / Analytical Development Section (ADS) assistance in evaluating a Long Range Alpha Detector (LRAD) as a soil surface contamination monitor. Solid Waste Management also contracted TMA NcClean to bring the equipment to SRS and to operate it during the demonstration. For the demonstration, we measured LRAD signals above different surface materials including asphalt, concrete, clay soil, sandy soil, gravel, and a plywood sheet. This report describes the tests conducted at SRTC in the period August 22, 1995 through August 24, 1995. In order to put the data that were acquired in these tests in perspective, the physical principals on which LRAD is based are discussed.},

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