Background characterization of an ultra-low background liquid scintillation counter. Academic Article

abstract

• The Ultra-Low Background Liquid Scintillation Counter developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will expand the application of liquid scintillation counting by enabling lower detection limits and smaller sample volumes. By reducing the overall count rate of the background environment approximately 2 orders of magnitude below that of commercially available systems, backgrounds on the order of tens of counts per day over an energy range of ~3-3600keV can be realized. Initial test results of the ULB LSC show promising results for ultra-low background detection with liquid scintillation counting.

authors

• Marianno, Craig

published proceedings

• Appl Radiat Isot

author list (cited authors)

• Erchinger, J. L., Orrell, J. L., Aalseth, C. E., Bernacki, B. E., Douglas, M., Fuller, E. S., ... Warren, G. A.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Erchinger, JL||Orrell, JL||Aalseth, CE||Bernacki, BE||Douglas, M||Fuller, ES||Keillor, ME||Marianno, CM||Morley, SM||Mullen, CA||Panisko, ME||Warren, GA

publication date

• August 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES  Journal

keywords

• Liquid Scintillation Counting
• Low Background
• Shallow Underground Laboratory

PubMed Central ID

• 28236554

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.032

start page

• 168

end page

• 170

volume

• 126

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.apradiso.2017.01.032