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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2015.19.3.282

Fabrication of Fiber-optics Detector for Measuring Radioactive Waste  

Kim, Jeong-Ho (Dept. of Physics, Myongji University)
Joo, Koan-Sik (Dept. of Physics, Myongji University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.19, no.3, 2015 , pp. 282-287 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, an optical fiber detector was constructed by using a Ce:GAGG scintillator, optical fiber, and photomultiplier. The single crystal size of the scintillator was set to $3{\times}3{\times}20mm^3$ after simulating the counting efficiency of gamma rays in the scintillator by using the MCNPX code. The constructed detector used the standard gamma ray sources $^{137}Cs$ and $^{133}Ba$ to measure radiation and analyze the spectral characteristics of gamma rays. The resulting trend curve showed excellent linearity with an R-squared value of 0.99741, and the detector characteristics were found to vary 2% or less with distance based on comparison with the MCNPX value. Furthermore, the spectroscopic analysis of the gamma ray energy from the single-ray and mixed-ray sources showed that $^{137}Cs$ had its peak energy at 662 keV, and $^{133}Ba$ had at 356 keV. It seems that if the fiber-optics detector is used, working hours and exposure of worker can be reduced.
Keywords
Ce:GAGG; PMT; Optical fiber; Gamma spectra; radioactive waste; MCNPX;
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