Evaluation of lead shielding for a gamma-spectroscopy system

M. L. Smith; L. Bignell; D. Alexiev; L. Mo; J. Harrison

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.050

Evaluation of lead shielding for a gamma-spectroscopy system

M. L. Smith^*, L. Bignell, D. Alexiev, L. Mo, J. Harrison

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Abstract

Three types of lead shielding assemblies were investigated to establish which provides the lowest background as preliminary work for determining the efficiency of a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. The background continuum and peaks were examined using gamma spectroscopy with a coaxial and a planar HPGe detector. The ²¹⁰Pb concentration in each lead sample taken from the assemblies was quantitatively determined. A French lead sample was found to have the lowest background in this relative comparison with a ²¹⁰Pb concentration of 29.1±1.3 Bq kg^-1. Crown

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-279
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	589
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.050
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2008

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