An autonomous in situ detection system for radioactivity measurements in the marine environment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1419-1426

  Tsabaris, C ^a   Bagatelas, C ^b   Dakladas, Th ^b   Papadopoulos, C T ^b   Vlastou, R ^b   Chronis, G T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater detectors; Marine radioactivity; Scintillation spectrometry

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER DETECTORS; DETECTION SYSTEMS; IN-SITU; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; MAXIMUM DEPTH; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY;

SENSORS;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; CESIUM 137; LEAD; LEAD 214; POTASSIUM 40; SODIUM IODIDE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CRYSTAL; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; ROBOTICS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 48849099299     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.064     Document Type: Article

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