Crompton, A. J., Gamage, K. A.A. , Jenkins, A. and Taylor, C. J. (2018) Alpha particle detection using alpha-induced air radioluminescence: a review and future prospects for preliminary radiological characterisation for nuclear facilities decommissioning. Sensors, 18(4), 1015. (doi: 10.3390/s18041015) (PMID:29597340)
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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.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work is funded by a bursary from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and with the support of Sellafield Limited and the National Nuclear Laboratory. This work is in part supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), EP/R02572X/1. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gamage, Professor Kelum |
| Authors: | Crompton, A. J., Gamage, K. A.A., Jenkins, A., and Taylor, C. J. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering |
| Journal Name: | Sensors |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| ISSN: | 1424-8220 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1424-8220 |
| Published Online: | 28 March 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Sensors 18(4): 1015 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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