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Alpha particle detection using alpha-induced air radioluminescence: a review and future prospects for preliminary radiological characterisation for nuclear facilities decommissioning

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>28/03/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Sensors
Issue number4
Volume18
Number of pages23
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The United Kingdom (UK) has a significant legacy of nuclear installations to be decommissioned over the next 100 years and a thorough characterisation is required prior to the development of a detailed decommissioning plan. Alpha radiation detection is notoriously time consuming and difficult to carry out due to the short range of alpha particles in air. Long-range detection of alpha particles is therefore highly desirable and this has been attempted through the detection of secondary effects from alpha radiation, most notably the air-radioluminescence caused by ionisation. This paper evaluates alpha induced air radioluminescence detectors developed to date and looks at their potential to develop a stand-off, alpha radiation detector which can be used in the nuclear decommissioning field in daylight conditions to detect alpha contaminated materials.