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Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal. / O'keeffe, H. M.; Burritt, T. H.; Cleveland, B. T. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 659, No. 1, 11.12.2011, p. 182-192.

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O'keeffe, HM, Burritt, TH, Cleveland, BT, Doucas, G, Gagnon, N, Jelley, NA, Kraus, C, Lawson, IT, Majerus, S, Mcgee, SR, Myers, AW, Poon, AWP, Rielage, K, Robertson, RGH, Rosten, RC, Stonehill, LC, Vandevender, BA & Van Wechel, TD 2011, 'Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 659, no. 1, pp. 182-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.060

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O'keeffe, H. M., Burritt, T. H., Cleveland, B. T., Doucas, G., Gagnon, N., Jelley, N. A., Kraus, C., Lawson, I. T., Majerus, S., Mcgee, S. R., Myers, A. W., Poon, A. W. P., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Rosten, R. C., Stonehill, L. C., Vandevender, B. A., & Van Wechel, T. D. (2011). Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 659(1), 182-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.060

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O'keeffe HM, Burritt TH, Cleveland BT, Doucas G, Gagnon N, Jelley NA et al. Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2011 Dec 11;659(1):182-192. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.060

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O'keeffe, H. M. ; Burritt, T. H. ; Cleveland, B. T. et al. / Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2011 ; Vol. 659, No. 1. pp. 182-192.

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title = "Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal",
abstract = "Four methods for determining the composition of low-level uranium- and thorium-chain surface contamination are presented. One method is the observation of Cherenkov light production in water. In two additional methods a position-sensitive proportional counter surrounding the surface is used to make both a measurement of the energy spectrum of alpha particle emissions and also coincidence measurements to derive the thorium-chain content based on the presence of short-lived isotopes in that decay chain. The fourth method is a radiochemical technique in which the surface is eluted with a weak acid, the eluate is concentrated, added to liquid scintillator and assayed by recording beta–alpha coincidences. These methods were used to characterize two {\textquoteleft}hotspots{\textquoteright} on the outer surface of one of the 3He proportional counters in the Neutral Current Detection array of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The methods have similar sensitivities, of order tens of ng, to both thorium- and uranium-chain contamination.",
keywords = "Surface radioactivity, Low-background counting",
author = "O'keeffe, {H. M.} and Burritt, {T. H.} and Cleveland, {B. T.} and G. Doucas and N. Gagnon and Jelley, {N. A.} and C. Kraus and Lawson, {I. T.} and S. Majerus and Mcgee, {S. R.} and Myers, {A. W.} and Poon, {A. W. P.} and K. Rielage and Robertson, {R. G. H.} and Rosten, {R. C.} and Stonehill, {L. C.} and Vandevender, {B. A.} and {Van Wechel}, {T. D.}",
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T1 - Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal

AU - O'keeffe, H. M.

AU - Burritt, T. H.

AU - Cleveland, B. T.

AU - Doucas, G.

AU - Gagnon, N.

AU - Jelley, N. A.

AU - Kraus, C.

AU - Lawson, I. T.

AU - Majerus, S.

AU - Mcgee, S. R.

AU - Myers, A. W.

AU - Poon, A. W. P.

AU - Rielage, K.

AU - Robertson, R. G. H.

AU - Rosten, R. C.

AU - Stonehill, L. C.

AU - Vandevender, B. A.

AU - Van Wechel, T. D.

PY - 2011/12/11

Y1 - 2011/12/11

N2 - Four methods for determining the composition of low-level uranium- and thorium-chain surface contamination are presented. One method is the observation of Cherenkov light production in water. In two additional methods a position-sensitive proportional counter surrounding the surface is used to make both a measurement of the energy spectrum of alpha particle emissions and also coincidence measurements to derive the thorium-chain content based on the presence of short-lived isotopes in that decay chain. The fourth method is a radiochemical technique in which the surface is eluted with a weak acid, the eluate is concentrated, added to liquid scintillator and assayed by recording beta–alpha coincidences. These methods were used to characterize two ‘hotspots’ on the outer surface of one of the 3He proportional counters in the Neutral Current Detection array of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The methods have similar sensitivities, of order tens of ng, to both thorium- and uranium-chain contamination.

AB - Four methods for determining the composition of low-level uranium- and thorium-chain surface contamination are presented. One method is the observation of Cherenkov light production in water. In two additional methods a position-sensitive proportional counter surrounding the surface is used to make both a measurement of the energy spectrum of alpha particle emissions and also coincidence measurements to derive the thorium-chain content based on the presence of short-lived isotopes in that decay chain. The fourth method is a radiochemical technique in which the surface is eluted with a weak acid, the eluate is concentrated, added to liquid scintillator and assayed by recording beta–alpha coincidences. These methods were used to characterize two ‘hotspots’ on the outer surface of one of the 3He proportional counters in the Neutral Current Detection array of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The methods have similar sensitivities, of order tens of ng, to both thorium- and uranium-chain contamination.

KW - Surface radioactivity

KW - Low-background counting

U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.060

DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.060

M3 - Journal article

VL - 659

SP - 182

EP - 192

JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

SN - 0168-9002

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