Development of a portable survey meter system for the studies of uranium discovery
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, vol.295, no.1, pp.415-418, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 295 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10967-012-1962-0
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.415-418
- Keywords: Portable survey meter, Uranium, Terrestrial radiation, Background radiation
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In this study, a portable radiation measurement system which has a microprocessor-controller was developed for uranium discovery. The developed system has the feature of saving the counting data from a Geiger-Mueller detector and position data from a global positioning system. The pulses obtained from the detector were transferred into a counting input of a microprocessor via a pulse shaper. Evaluation of the pulses has been performed by microprocessor's software. The results obtained from the developed radiation detection system were compared with those of a calibrated reference detector system. The developed system has some important features such as low current consumption, low cost, small size and lightness.