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A Remotely Operated, Field-Deployable Tritium Analysis System for Surface and Ground Water Measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J. E. Noakes ,
J. D. Spaulding  and
M. P. Neary
J. E. Noakes
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602–4702 USA
J. D. Spaulding
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602–4702 USA
M. P. Neary
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602–4702 USA
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Abstract

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We have worked in collaboration with the Westinghouse Savannah River Company and Packard Instrument Company to develop a prototype instrument for remote, near real-time, in situ analysis of environmental levels of tritium in surface and ground water samples. The unit consists of a Packard Radiomatic™ 525TR liquid scintillation counter that has been modified to achieve lower detection levels through background reduction using Packard's After-Pulse Burst Discrimination electronics and an auxiliary Bi4Ge3O12 scintillation detector guard. The system is fully programmable to enable remote calibration, sample collection, sample analysis, reconfiguration of operational mode and interrogation for analytical results.

Type
Part 1: Methods
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 1: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference 16-20,1997 Groningen , 1997 , pp. 183 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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