A large HPGe detector for the non-destructive radioassay of an ultra-low-background counting facility

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1033-1038

  Fechner, M ^a   Henson, C ^c   Gaffiot, J ^b   Lasserre, T ^a   Letourneau, A ^b   Lhuillier, D ^b   Mention, G ^a   Mueller, Th A ^b   Queval R ^a   Svoboda, R ^c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b French Nuclear Energy Commission   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; HPGe detector; Low background; Monte Carlo simulation; Photomultiplier tube

Indexed keywords

GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HPGE DETECTOR; LOW BACKGROUND; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPECTROMETRY;

DETECTORS;

GERMANIUM; POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRINO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOASSAY;

EID: 79955575768     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.01.037     Document Type: Article

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