Sensors & Electronics
Nuclear Radiation Sensors
Rapid 137Cs Detection in Process Effluent (154)
Problem: Need automated, on-line monitor for radioactive ion exchange column to rapidly detect column failure
Project Activity Scope (from Technical Overview Chart): Sensors and Devices through Integrated Systems
PNNL Solution:
- Measured decay rate of "daughter" 137Ba activity
- Replenishment of 137Ba indicated column breakthrough
- Designed automated collimator to extend monitor dynamic range
- Developed, demonstrated, and deployed integrated system
Capabilities Employed to Meet Client Needs: Radiation sensor development; analog and digital electronics; computer system integration; software development; statistics and applied mathematics; mechanical hardware design; system integration; system test and evaluation; system delivery, installation, and demonstration at a national laboratory; system documentation development.
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Contact: Robert Runkle
