Gas Flow to Enhance the Detection of Alpha-Induced Air Radioluminescence Based on a UVTron Flame Sensor

Crompton, Anita and Akurugoda Gamage, Kelum and Bell, Steven and Wilson, Andrew and Jenkins, Alex and Tried, Divyesh (2018) Gas Flow to Enhance the Detection of Alpha-Induced Air Radioluminescence Based on a UVTron Flame Sensor. Sensors, 18 (6). ISSN 1424-8220

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

In many field applications where alpha-induced radioluminescence (or so-called UV fluorescence) could potentially be used for stand-off detection of alpha-emitting materials, it may not be possible to create a fully purged gas atmosphere. Hence, an alternative gas delivery method to utilise the radioluminescence enhancing properties of gases has been investigated, with the novel results from this presented herewithin. A solar blind ultraviolet C (UVC) sensor (UVTron R9533, Hamamatsu, Japan) has been used to detect changes in the signal in the UVC wavelength range (180–280 nm), where gases of Ar, Xe, Ne, N2, Kr, and P-10 were flowed over a 6.95 MBq 210Po source using a narrow diameter pipe close to the source. In comparison with an air atmosphere, there was an increase in signal in all instances, the greatest being the flow of Xe, which in one instance greater than doubled the average counts per second. This increase in signal could prove beneficial in the design of a stand-off alpha detector to detect the very small UVC radioluminescence signals from alpha-emitting materials found in nuclear decommissioning environments.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Sensors
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2208
Subjects:
?? UVTRON FLAME DETECTORALPHA DETECTIONALPHA-INDUCED AIR RADIOLUMINESCENCEALPHA IMAGINGNUCLEAR DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONINGGAS SCINTILLATIONBIOCHEMISTRYATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS, AND OPTICSANALYTICAL CHEMISTRYELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ??
ID Code:
125776
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
08 Jun 2018 12:24
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
18 Sep 2023 01:23