Journal article
Background reduction at DTU Nutech surface gamma laboratory
The Hevesy Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark1
Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark2
Radioecology and Tracer Studies, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark3
Radiation Physics, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark4
Sources of background and background variation in a BEGe type HPGe detector located in a surface laboratory were identified. Different strategies for background reduction were applied. A cosmic veto was installed, and optimised using a digital acquisition system in list-mode with time-stamped data. This resulted in the reduction of total background by a factor of 1.4.
Thermal and fast neutron fluxes were also calculated. The radon induced background component and its variation were significantly reduced.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2019 |
Pages: | 30-38 |
ISSN: | 09698043 and 18729800 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.05.014 |
ORCIDs: | Marković, Nikola and Nielsen, Sven Poul |
Air Pollutants, Radioactive Radiation Monitoring Radon Spectrometry, Gamma