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Prototyping a triple-layer phoswich detection system Public Deposited

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  • Multi-layer optically coupled scintillation based radiation detectors, known as phoswich detectors, have rapidly evolved in recent years. During the same time, digital signal processing has improved radiation discrimination accuracy and enhanced reliability, while reducing complexity and size of traditional analog signal processing methods. A new generation of high-speed radiation detectors that can measure mixed radiation fields has been developed by coupling these advancements. A prototype of one of the first commercially available phoswich detection systems has been analyzed to determine operational characteristics. The phoswich detector was analyzed using a variety of radioactive sources across a battery of tests compiled from the literature, Federal government regulations, and end-users specifications. It was found that the phoswich detection system operates equally well in beta particle, gamma-ray, and combined radiation fields. Testing at 5 centimeters demonstrated the phoswich detector's gamma-ray full-energy-peak intrinsic efficiency to range from 0.64 to 3.25 percent, full-energy-peak resolution from 6.29 (1332 keV) to 12.07 (356 keV) percent, and detectable energy range from 30 keV to 2754 keV. Similar testing for beta particles demonstrated an intrinsic efficiency of up to 58 percent. The system did exhibit saturation in radiation fields above 0.008 μCi when used with MATLAB. The phoswich detection system demonstrated that it is quite capable of accurately measuring the type and energy of radiation present in combined beta particle and gamma-ray radiation fields.
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