| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 24, 2012
Environmental Radioactivity 2010
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| Article Number | 07010 | |
| Number of page(s) | 11 | |
| Section | New Analytical Technologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122407010 | |
| Published online | 04 April 2012 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122407010
Optimization of plastic scintillator thicknesses for online beta/gamma detection
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe North, Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4 Canada
* E-mail: kathy.tangesir@gmail.com
For efficient beta detection in a mixed beta gamma field, Monte Carlo simulation models have been built to optimize the thickness of a plastic scintillator, used in a whole body monitor. The simulation has been performed using the MCNP/X code for different thicknesses of plastic scintillator from 150 μm to 600 μm. The relationship between the thickness of the scintillator and the efficiency of the detector has been analyzed. For 150 μm thickness, an experimental investigation has been conducted with different beta sources at different positions on the scintillator and the counting efficiency of the unit has been measured. Evaluated data along with experimental ones have been discussed. A thickness of 300 μm to 500 μm has been found to be the optimum thickness for high efficiency beta detection in the presence of low energy gamma-rays.
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