Radiation survey process
AssigneeAll Clear Technologies, LLC
InventorPhilip Andrew Karam
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Abstract
A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material is provided. The method comprises placing a detector in a protective structure, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer. The method further comprises inserting the protective structure in a material, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide. The method additionally comprises measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed. The method also comprises counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide and then dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight.
Claims20
A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material comprising:
- placing a detector within the material, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer;
- wherein the material comprises a radionuclide;
- measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed;
- counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide;
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- dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight.
A system for characterizing the radionuclide content of a material comprising:
- a vessel for containing a material, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide;
- a detector inserted into the vessel, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer;
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- an information handling system, wherein the information handling system processes measurements acquired by the single-channel analyzer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.