Investigation of on-site analysis method for the concentrations of radiocesium
Ujiie, Toru; Yamamura, Mitsuru; Narisawa, Noboru
The proceedings of the twenty-first symposium on geo-environments and geo-technics2012
The proceedings of the twenty-first symposium on geo-environments and geo-technics2012
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[en] It is necessary to develop the rapid and on-site detection method of radiocesium (Cs) in soil in order to carry out the decontamination of radioactive materials efficiently. The most common analyzer for the quantitative analysis of radio-Cs is the gamma ray spectrometer with the semiconductor Germanium (Ge) detector to evaluate the concentrations of radio-Cs in soil. However, this equipment is large-size, and demand liquid nitrogen cooling. So it is not suitable for on-site measurements. Here we show that there is a highly significant correlation between the analytical values of the portable NaI(Tl) spectrometer and that of the Ge spectrometer. This indicates that the portable spectrometer enable us to determine the quantity of the concentration of radio-Cs in soil on site. Then, we also measured the contaminant soil by three kind of handy survey meters (NaI(Tl) detector, GM, and CsI(Tl) detector) under the fixed condition. These measurement values have good correlations with the concentration of radio-Cs. It is suggested that the radio-Cs concentrations are estimated by the handy instruments under the controlled measurement condition. (author)
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Furuno, Kunio; Kagawa, Atsushi; Kazaoka, Osamu (eds.) (and others); 234 p; Jan 2012; p. 17-22; 21. symposium on geo-environments and geo-technics; Tokyo (Japan); 24-25 Jan 2012; Available from the Symposium Committee of Japanese Society of Geo-Pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology, Research Institute of Environmental Geology, Chiba, 3-5-1 Inagekaigan, Mihama, Chiba, 261-0005 JAPAN
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, EQUIPMENT, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, KILO BQ RANGE, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MONITORS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATION MONITORS, RADIOACTIVITY RANGE, RADIOISOTOPES, SCINTILLATION COUNTERS, SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS, SPECTROMETERS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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