A RAPID METHOD FOR INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE ALPHA-CONTAMINATION

Authors
BONCHEV T VAPIREV EI HELAL F JORDANOV V SEMOVA T
Citation
T. Bonchev et al., A RAPID METHOD FOR INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE ALPHA-CONTAMINATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 337(1), 1993, pp. 204-210
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
337
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
204 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)337:1<204:ARMFIO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A method for the identification of alpha-emitters sampled from contami nated surfaces in nuclear facilities with adhesive tape is described. It was found that the thickness of such a sample is sufficiently thin for the observation of alpha-lines. When a solid state track detector is used, the density of the alpha-particle tracks can be measured with in the range 10(5)-10(7) alpha-particles per cm2. A procedure for obta ining alpha-particle autoradiographs of the sticking tape samples with a nitrocellulose solid state detector is developed.