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Study on the Measurement of Radon concentrations in soil samples using γ-spectrometer

γ-spectrometer를 이용한 토양시료의 라돈농도 측정법에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2012.10.30
  • Accepted : 2013.02.22
  • Published : 2013.02.28

Abstract

The radioactive gas radon ($^{222}Rn$), which is generated from the decay process of uranium ($^{238}U$) originating from the soil of more than 85 percent higher the porosity of the soil, the soil can radiate out the possibility that many isotopes. In order to protect the human body from radon, above all, the development of accurate measurement techniques to formulate appropriate measures should be followed. This study Gamma-ray spectrometry using a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector, if you want to measure radon unstable the nature radiation of the background problems can be reduced, radium and radon daughter nuclides after radioactive equilibrium leads to Radon concentration was measured, the soil samples from the Gamma-ray emitting nuclides, and the energy spectrum is analyzed.

우라늄($^{238}U$)의 붕괴과정에서 생성되는 방사성기체인 라돈($^{222}Rn$)은 발생원 중 토양에서 85 % 이상으로 토양의 공극률이 클수록 토양 밖으로 방출할 수 있는 가능성이 많은 동위원소이다. 라돈으로부터 인체를 보호하기 위해서 적절한 대책을 세우는데 무엇보다도 정확한 측정기술의 개발이 선행되어야 한다. 이에 본 연구는 고순도게르마늄(HPGe) 검출기를 이용한 감마선 분광분석법으로 라돈을 측정할 경우에는 불안정한 자연방사능의 백그라운드 문제를 줄일 수 있고, 라듐과 라돈의 딸 핵종들을 방사평형에 이르게 한 후 라돈 농도를 측정하였으며, 토양시료에서의 감마선 방출핵종 및 에너지 스펙트럼을 분석하였다.

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