• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 34, Issue 11, 116004 (2022)
Wenyou Xia, Fanhua Hao, and Jian Wu
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220101 Cite this Article
    Wenyou Xia, Fanhua Hao, Jian Wu. Plutonium aerosol measurement system based on wavelength shift fiber and silicon photomultiplier[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(11): 116004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the plutonium aerosol measurement system
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the plutonium aerosol measurement system
    Measurement geometry of ZnS(Ag) detector
    Fig. 2. Measurement geometry of ZnS(Ag) detector
    Energy spectra of ZnS(Ag) detector
    Fig. 3. Energy spectra of ZnS(Ag) detector
    Relationship between detection efficiency and threshold
    Fig. 4. Relationship between detection efficiency and threshold
    Relationship between detection efficiency and sensitive area of ZnS(Ag)
    Fig. 5. Relationship between detection efficiency and sensitive area of ZnS(Ag)
    Relationship between detection efficiency and thickness of narrow chamber
    Fig. 6. Relationship between detection efficiency and thickness of narrow chamber
    Reference response spectra of ZnS(Ag) scintillator with different mass thickness
    Fig. 7. Reference response spectra of ZnS(Ag) scintillator with different mass thickness
    Relationship between counting rate/peak position of full-energy peak with ZnS(Ag)’s mass thickness
    Fig. 8. Relationship between counting rate/peak position of full-energy peak with ZnS(Ag)’s mass thickness
    Compostion of α particle reference response spectra with other different response spectra
    Fig. 9. Compostion of α particle reference response spectra with other different response spectra
    measurement time/mindetection limit/(Bq·m−3)
    12900
    10330
    30134
    6081
    48023
    144013
    Table 1. Theoretical detection limits of the measurement system
    No.mass thickness of ZnS(Ag)/(mg·cm−2) characteristic of spectrum counting rate of α spectrum/s−1peak position of α spectrum channel
    13.75α peak overlapped with background noise69.36124.88
    26.53α peak overlapped with background noise132.50124.53
    37.62visible distinction316.02138.12
    414.69visible distinction396.75150.66
    526.85visible distinction463.48164.50
    662.85visible distinction478.95172.34
    7123.95visible distinction499.39183.86
    Table 2. Test results of ZnS(Ag) detector’s reference response
    Wenyou Xia, Fanhua Hao, Jian Wu. Plutonium aerosol measurement system based on wavelength shift fiber and silicon photomultiplier[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(11): 116004
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