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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt-k.2013.11.3.245

Determinations of the Exposure Rate Using a NaI(Tl) Detector of the Environmental Radiation Monitor  

Ji, Young-Yong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Wanno (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Sang-Do (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Chung, Kun Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kang, Mun Ja (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Geun-Sik (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.11, no.3, 2013 , pp. 245-251 More about this Journal
Abstract
The energy band and the G-factor method were compared to determine the exposure rate from the measured spectrum using a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector. First, G-factors of a 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI(Tl) detector mounted to a EFRD 3300, which means the environmental radiation monitor, in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) were calculated for several directions of incident photons through the MCNP modeling, and the optimum G-factor applicable to that monitor was then determined by comparing the results both the energy band method and the G-factor method. The results for these spectrometric determinations were also compared with the dose rate from a HPIC radiation monitor around a EFRD 3300. The measured value at the EFRD 3300 based on a 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI(Tl) detector was $7.7{\mu}R/h$ and its difference was shown about $3{\mu}R/h$, when compared with the results from a HPIC radiation moditor. Since a HPIC is known to be able to measure cosmic rays with the relatively high energy, the difference between them was caused by cosmic rays which were not detected in a 3"${\Phi}X3$" NaI(Tl) detector.
Keywords
MCNP; Energy band; G-factor; Environmental radiation monitor; NaI(Tl); Dose conversion; MCNP;
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