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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2018.12.2.123

Measurement and Monte Carlo Simulation evaluation of a Compton Continuum Suppression with low level soil Sample  

Jang, Eun-Sung (Department of Nuclear Physics and Radiation Technology Research Center, Pusan National University)
Lee, Hyo-Yeong (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.12, no.2, 2018 , pp. 123-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study compared PENELOPE with measured values from low energy peak to high energy peak to reduce peak to compton ratio and continuum background spectrum using $^{60}Co$, $^{137}Cs$ and mixed volume source. In addition, the change in backscattering and compton edge efficiency was compared with that of PENELOPE through changes in the vicinity of low energy. The results from the mixed volume source are applied to the soil samples to determine how much the minimum detection limits of the soil samples are reduced in the suppression and unsuppressed mode. The compton suppression of the low energy region of $^{60}CO$ (1,173 keV) was considerable, and the Compton edge RF for the $^{137}Cs$ (661 keV) peak was 2.8. In particular, the $^{60}Co$ source emits coincidence gamma rays of 1,173.2 keV and 1,332.5 keV, so compton inhibition was reduced by approximately 21%. RF of compton edges of 1,173 keV and 1,332 keV emitted from a $^{60}Co$ source was 3.2 and 3.4, and the peak to compton edge ratio was improved to 8: 1. And Compared with Penelope, the uncertainty was well within 2%. In compton unsuppressed mode, MDA values of 661 keV, 1,173 keV and 1,332 keV were 0.535, 0.173 and 0.136 Bq/kg, respectively, but decreased in compton suppressed mode to 0.121, 0.00826 and 0.00728 Bq/kg. Thus, Compton suppressed could reduce the background radioactivity and the radioactivity contained in the detector itself.
Keywords
Compton suppression Spectrometer Peak-to Compton; Continuum; Monte Carlo;
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