Measurement of anthropogenic radionuclides in post-Fukushima Pacific seawater samples

Autor: Lutter Guillaume, Tzika Faidra, Hult Mikael, Aoyama Michio, Hamajima Yasunori, Marissens Gerd, Stroh Heiko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nukleonika, Vol 60, Iss 3, Pp 545-550 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0029-5922
DOI: 10.1515/nuka-2015-0112
Popis: Following the accident at the Daiichi Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, a vast number of Pacific seawater samples from many locations far from Fukushima have been collected by Japanese investigators. Due to dilution, the activities of radionuclides from North Pacific seawater samples are very low, which calls for extraordinary measures when being measured. This study focuses on the metrological aspects of the gamma-ray spectrometry measurements performed on such samples in two underground laboratories; at HADES (by JRC-IRMM in Belgium), and at Ogoya (by Kanazawa University in Japan). Due to many samples and long measurement times, all available HPGe detectors needed to be employed. In addition to single coaxial detectors, this involved multidetector systems and well detectors. Optimization of detection limits for different radionuclides and detectors was performed using Monte Carlo simulations.
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