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2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a beta-gamma discrimination type plastic beta-ray spectrometer

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 25287045
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Orihara Hikonojo  東北大学, サイクロトロン・ラジオアイソトープセンター, 名誉教授 (00004432)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SAKEMI Yasuhiro  東北大学, サイクロトロン・ラジオアイソトープセンター, 教授 (90251602)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Keywordsベータ崩壊 / β-γ分別型β線分光器 / プラスチックシンチレーター / 放射性セシウム-134 / 放射性セシウム-137 / 放射性ストロンチウム-90 / 永年平衡放射性崩壊 / 食品放射能検査
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Development of β-ray detection device has been desired for inspecting the environmental pollution by the radioactive nuclides emitted as the results of the accident of the first nuclear power plant of Fukusima occured along with the great earthquake which covered over East Japan. Especially, detection of β-decay dominant 90Sr nucleus which has half-life of 28.78 years is important. To dispel the social fear of radiation, it is required for the detection-system to measure radioactivity of the object in a time as short as a few hours with a accuracy of less than 100Bq/kg. β-ray spectrometer, consisting of two pieces of plastic scintillator forming a counter-telescope, has been developed. A portable-type β-ray spectrometer has been developed and fabricated. By the aids of coincidence measurements with two plastic scintillators, background-free counting is available for detection of low-level emission of the β-rays as low as 10 Bq/kg requiring several hours operation.

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Published: 2017-05-10  

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