Violinist: sophisticated Pu field monitor

A new, smart, portable multichannel analyzer-based plutonium field monitor has been developed that will significantly improve field monitoring capability by accident response teams. Called the Violinist, the system uses the ever-popular thin NaI(Tl) detector developed some years ago. The electronics...

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Hauptverfasser:	Umbarger, C J, Wolf, M A, Trujillo, F
Format:	Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	400103 - Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures- (-1987) 440100 - Radiation Instrumentation ACTINIDES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELEMENTS FIELD TESTS INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MEASURING INSTRUMENTS METALS MONITORS MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYZERS NAI DETECTORS PLUTONIUM PULSE ANALYZERS RADIATION DETECTORS RADIATION MONITORS SCINTILLATION COUNTERS SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS TESTING TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	A new, smart, portable multichannel analyzer-based plutonium field monitor has been developed that will significantly improve field monitoring capability by accident response teams. Called the Violinist, the system uses the ever-popular thin NaI(Tl) detector developed some years ago. The electronics weigh 1.7 lb and fit inside a package 7'' x 5'' x 1-3/4'' deep. The device has: 256 channel MCA; microcomputer control; 32 x 84 dot matrix LCD alphanumeric and spectral display; three independent cursor sets for region of interest definition; keyboard-entered constants (3); computation algorithms; and internal battery power (15 hr lifetime). The package has wide radiation monitoring applications.
ISSN:	0018-9499 1558-1578