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Title: Plastic Gamma Sensors: An Application in Detection of Radioisotopes

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OSTI ID:811396

A brief survey of plastic scintillators for various radiation measurement applications is presented here. The utility of plastic scintillators for practical applications such as gamma radiation monitoring, real-time radioisotope detection and screening is evaluated in laboratory and field measurements. This study also reports results of Monte Carlo-type predictive responses of common plastic scintillators in gamma and neutron radiation fields. Small-size plastic detectors are evaluated for static and dynamic gamma-ray detection sensitivity of selected radiation sources.

Research Organization:
Bechtel Nevada Corporation (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-96NV11718
OSTI ID:
811396
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/11718-774; TRN: US0303081
Resource Relation:
Conference: SPIE Annual Meeting 2003, San Diego, CA (US), 08/03/2003--08/08/2003; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English