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RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory.

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Farfán, EB; Foley, TQ; Jannik, GT; Harpring, LJ; Gordon, JR; Blessing, R; Coleman, JR; Holmes, CJ; Oldham, M; Adamovics, J; Stanley, SJ
Published in: J Phys Conf Ser
2010

The United Kingdom's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has developed a radiation-mapping device that can locate and quantify radioactive hazards within contaminated areas of the nuclear industry. The device, known as RadBall(™), consists of a colander-like outer collimator that houses a radiation-sensitive polymer sphere. The collimator has over two hundred small holes; thus, specific areas of the polymer sphere are exposed to radiation becoming increasingly more opaque in proportion to the absorbed dose. The polymer sphere is imaged in an optical-CT scanner that produces a high resolution 3D map of optical attenuation coefficients. Subsequent analysis of the optical attenuation data provides information on the spatial distribution of sources in a given area forming a 3D characterization of the area of interest. The RadBall(™) technology has been deployed in a number of technology trials in nuclear waste reprocessing plants at Sellafield in the United Kingdom and facilities of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). This paper summarizes the tests completed at SRNL Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory (HPICL).

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J Phys Conf Ser

DOI

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1742-6588

Publication Date

2010

Volume

250

Issue

1

Start / End Page

398 / 402

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0204 Condensed Matter Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Farfán, E. B., Foley, T. Q., Jannik, G. T., Harpring, L. J., Gordon, J. R., Blessing, R., … Stanley, S. J. (2010). RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory. J Phys Conf Ser, 250(1), 398–402. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012080
Farfán, Eduardo B., Trevor Q. Foley, G Timothy Jannik, Larry J. Harpring, John R. Gordon, Ronald Blessing, J Rusty Coleman, et al. “RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory.J Phys Conf Ser 250, no. 1 (2010): 398–402. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012080.
Farfán EB, Foley TQ, Jannik GT, Harpring LJ, Gordon JR, Blessing R, et al. RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory. J Phys Conf Ser. 2010;250(1):398–402.
Farfán, Eduardo B., et al. “RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory.J Phys Conf Ser, vol. 250, no. 1, 2010, pp. 398–402. Pubmed, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012080.
Farfán EB, Foley TQ, Jannik GT, Harpring LJ, Gordon JR, Blessing R, Coleman JR, Holmes CJ, Oldham M, Adamovics J, Stanley SJ. RadBall Technology Testing in the Savannah River Site's Health Physics Instrument Calibration Laboratory. J Phys Conf Ser. 2010;250(1):398–402.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Phys Conf Ser

DOI

ISSN

1742-6588

Publication Date

2010

Volume

250

Issue

1

Start / End Page

398 / 402

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0204 Condensed Matter Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics