NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 1, 010401(2023)

Design of calibration device for real-time on-line monitoring system of water radioactivity

Shengliang GUO1、*, Yezhou XIANG2, Liangquan GE2, Xiaoqin DENG3, Liang WANG3, Mingtao LUO1, Maolin LAI2, and Xiaojiao ZHU3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Newray Technology Co. Ltd., Chengdu 610052, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Techniques in Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
  • 3Radiation Environmental Management and Monitoring Center of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610031, China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    Structure diagram of real-time on-line monitoring system of water radioactivity
    Diagram of calibration device
    Diagram of working principle of calibration device
    Working flow of the device
    Energy-efficiency curve
    Diagram of calibration device model
    Effect of small hole radius and distance from source to calibration hole on solid angle
    Diagram of simulation model for calibration device
    Relationship between calibration source position and detection efficiency
    Relationship between opening radius and detection efficiency
    • Table 1. Characteristic peak energy corresponding to each nuclide

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      Table 1. Characteristic peak energy corresponding to each nuclide

      核素Nuclide特征峰 Peak energy / keV
      241Am59.537
      238U66.376
      133Ba80.997, 276.4, 302.851, 356.013
      152Eu121.782, 344.279, 778.904, 964.079, 1 085.869, 1 112.069
      57Co122.06, 136.48
      235U143.76, 185.72
      226Ra186.21
      131I284.3, 636.97
      192Ir295.96, 308.46, 316.51, 364.48, 468.07
      208Tl510.84, 583.84, 860.37, 2 614.7
      22Na511, 1 274.5
      214Bi609.31, 1 120.3, 1 764.5
      137Cs661
      60Co1 170, 1 330
      40K1 460
    • Table 2. Monte Carlo simulation shows the influence of sliding lead block thickness on detection efficiency

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      Table 2. Monte Carlo simulation shows the influence of sliding lead block thickness on detection efficiency

      滑动铅块厚度

      Thickness of sliding

      lead block / cm

      有滑动铅块屏蔽下探测器

      137Cs的探测效率

      Detection efficiency of 137Cs under

      the shielding of sliding lead block

      无滑动铅块屏蔽下探测器

      137Cs的探测效率

      Detection efficiency of 137Cs by detector

      without sliding lead block shielding

      与无屏蔽状态相比探测效率减少的百分比

      Percentage reduction in detection efficiency compared to unshielded state / %

      13.432×10-41.137×10-369.82
      21.022×10-41.073×10-390.48
      32.87×10-51.021×10-397.19
      48.775×10-69.65×10-499.08
      52.375×10-69.16×10-499.74
    • Table 3. Background test of calibration device (1 h)

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      Table 3. Background test of calibration device (1 h)

      137Cs峰位

      137Cs peak position

      137Cs能窗总计数率

      137Cs energy window count rate

      平均值

      Average value

      未放置校准源

      Calibration source not placed

      校准孔打开

      Calibration hole open

      4650.1420.138
      4650.138
      4650.133

      校准孔关闭

      Calibration hole close

      4650.1150.108
      4650.111
      4650.099

      放置校准源

      Place calibration source

      校准孔打开

      Calibration hole open

      4650.5230.536
      4640.550
      4650.533

      校准孔关闭

      Calibration hole close

      4650.1840.187
      4650.188
      4650.189
    • Table 4. measured calibration data

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      Table 4. measured calibration data

      校准时间

      Calibration time

      137Cs标准峰位

      137Cs standard peak position

      校准后137Cs峰位

      137Cs peak position after calibration

      峰位偏差

      Peak position deviation / %

      137Cs峰全能峰标准总计数

      Total standard count of 137Cs peak

      校准后137Cs峰全能峰总计数

      Total count of 137Cs peak after calibration

      137Cs峰全能峰总计数相对变化率

      Total totipotency peak relative change rate of 137Cs / %

      2020/11/254644670.222002042.00
      2020/12/14644670.652002031.50
      2020/12/84644620.65200191-4.50
      2020/12/14464461-0.432002084.00
      2020/12/23464463-0.652002000.00
      2020/12/30464465-0.222002094.50
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    Shengliang GUO, Yezhou XIANG, Liangquan GE, Xiaoqin DENG, Liang WANG, Mingtao LUO, Maolin LAI, Xiaojiao ZHU. Design of calibration device for real-time on-line monitoring system of water radioactivity[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(1): 010401

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 10, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 17, 2023

    The Author Email: GUO Shengliang (13831779@qq.com)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.010401

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