Adaptations of a Mobile Lab for Analysis of Th-232 in Soil Samples Using Well-Type NaI (Tl) Scintillation Gamma Spectrometry

Authors

  • Luciano Santa Rita Oliveira Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear (IDQBRN/CTEx)
  • Aneuri Souza de Amorim Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx
  • Avelino dos Santos Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx
  • Mario Cesar Viegas Balthar Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx
  • Paulo Ricardo Teles de Vilela Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx
  • Ana Carolina dos Anjos da Cruz Izidório Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-gradução e Pesquisa de Engenharia - COPPE-RJ
  • Dayana Azeredo da Conceição Universidade castelo Branco - UCB
  • Zuila Augusta Amaral da Gama Santa Brigida Universidade Castelo Branco
  • Hélio de Carvalho Vital Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx
  • Sergio Barros Paixão Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v8i1.979

Keywords:

Cintilador, Th-232, Espectrometria

Abstract

The identification of the occurrence of 232Th, by measuring the energies of the children radioisotopes 228Ac, 208Tl, 212 Bi and 212Pb, in their places of origin, using the Mobile Lab for Identification of Radiological and Nuclear Agents - LabMovelRN, by discriminating their environmental concentration normal and NORM [1] is important for the performance of the operational teams of the Brazilian Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Institute (IDQBRN), optimizing their time of action, and reducing the chain of custody of the sample. Due to the operational difficulty of using HPGe detectors in LabMovelRN, an adaptation is being carried out in the laboratory in order to allow the analysis of 232Th in soil samples by the gamma spectrometry technique using scintillation detectors [2] of NaI (Tl) type well as the characterization of the response of this scintillator detector in energy, resolution and energy efficiency up to 3,000 keV.
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Luciano Santa Rita Oliveira, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear (IDQBRN/CTEx)

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Aneuri Souza de Amorim, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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Avelino dos Santos, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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Mario Cesar Viegas Balthar, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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Paulo Ricardo Teles de Vilela, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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Ana Carolina dos Anjos da Cruz Izidório, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-gradução e Pesquisa de Engenharia - COPPE-RJ

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Dayana Azeredo da Conceição, Universidade castelo Branco - UCB

Universidade

Zuila Augusta Amaral da Gama Santa Brigida, Universidade Castelo Branco

Universidade

Hélio de Carvalho Vital, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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Sergio Barros Paixão, Instituto de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - IDQBRN/CTEx

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2020-03-22

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Oliveira, L. S. R., de Amorim, A. S., Santos, A. dos, Balthar, M. C. V., de Vilela, P. R. T., Izidório, A. C. dos A. da C., da Conceição, D. A., Santa Brigida, Z. A. A. da G., Vital, H. de C., & Paixão, S. B. (2020). Adaptations of a Mobile Lab for Analysis of Th-232 in Soil Samples Using Well-Type NaI (Tl) Scintillation Gamma Spectrometry. Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v8i1.979

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