Design and Development of a Dual-Volume Ionization Chamber for an Accident Monitor to Detect Gamma Radiation During Emergency Conditions in a Nuclear Reactor-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Design and Development of a Dual-Volume Ionization Chamber for an Accident Monitor to Detect Gamma Radiation During Emergency Conditions in a Nuclear Reactor

Published:2013-10-30 Issue:2 Volume:6 Page:189-193
ISSN:2766-2748
Container-title:International Journal of Physics Research and Applications
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Short-container-title:Int J Phys Res Appl

Author:

Girish Kumar Palvai,G Dhanunjaya,K Venkateswar Rao,PC Swain

Abstract

A Gamma Ionization Chamber was developed for the purpose of high gamma radiation detection during accident conditions in a Light Water reactor. The pre-eminence of the detector is that it was designed and developed to monitor gamma exposure rates in the wide range of 100 mR/hr to 107 R/hr. The detector has an overall diameter of 90 mm with a length of 400 mm. The response of the detector is accurate and the sensitivity is within ± 6% over gamma energies ranging from 660 KeV to 1.25 MeV. The detector operates with a DC voltage of 500V. The V0.9 voltage is about 250V for 107 R/hr. The estimated operation life of the detector is about 20 years.

Publisher

Heighten Science Publications Corporation

Subject

General Chemical Engineering

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