Author Affiliations
1Airborne Survey and Remote Sensing Center of Nuclear Industry, Shijiazhuang 050002, China2China National Airborne Monitoring Technical Support Center for Nuclear Emergency, Shijiazhuang 050002, China3China Nuclear Emergency Aviation Monitoring Engineering Technology Research Center, Shijiazhuang 050002, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Architecture schematic of online monitoring system for γ radioactivity in a body of water
Fig. 2. Schematic diagram (a) and photograph (b) of the detector unit
Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the networking mode and order flow of the 4G-RTU communication unit
Fig. 4. Schematic diagram (a) and photograph (b) of the floating body unit
Fig. 5. System software design framework
Fig. 6. Flowchart of software implementation method (a) and actual operating interface (b)
Fig. 7. Two measured spectra of the 137Cs energy resolution
Fig. 8. Two measured spectra of the energy spectrum peak drift test
Fig. 9. Liner fitting line and equation of the energy linearity test
Fig. 10. YM2 model test photograph (a) and measured spectrum (b)
Fig. 11. System working temperature test photograph (a) and measured window data curves (b)
Fig. 12. Photograph of 137Cs volume source and lead chamber (a) and spectrum with removed background (b)
Fig. 13. Actual on-site photograph of the measured field in the Taiping river of Shijiazhuang city
Fig. 14. TC, K, U, and Th window count rate curves for every 300 s of sampling time
序号 No. | 核素 Nuclide | γ特征峰 γ Characteristic peak / keV | 峰位道址 Peak channel | 半峰宽 Half peak width | 能量分辨率 Energy resolution / % | 测量时间 Measuring time / min |
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1 | 137Cs | 662 | 54.573 | 3.98 | 7.296 85 | 10 | 2 | 137Cs | 662 | 54.565 | 3.96 | 7.260 84 | 10 |
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Table 1. Energy resolution test results
序号 No. | 核素 Nuclide | γ特征峰 γ Characteristic peak / keV | 峰位道址 Peak channel | 预设峰位道址 Preset peak channel | 相对偏差 Relative deviation / % | 测量时间 Measuring time / min |
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1 | 208Tl | 2 614 | 222.750 | 222.947 | 0.09 | 10 | 2 | 208Tl | 2 614 | 222.219 | 222.947 | 0.33 | 10 |
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Table 2. Energy spectrum peak drift test results
窗 Window | 核素 Nuclide | 道址范围 Channel range | 能量范围 Energy range / keV |
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总窗(TC) | ― | 1~240 | 36~2 810 | 钾窗(K) | 40K(1 460 keV) | 116~133 | 1 370~1 570 | 铀窗(U) | 214Bi(1 765 keV) | 141~150 | 1 660~1 860 | 钍窗(Th) | 208Tl(2 614 keV) | 205~240 | 2 410~2 810 | 铯窗(Cs) | 137Cs(662 keV) | 50~60 | 602~722 |
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Table 3. γ energy window settings of the system
时间 Time / h | 计数率Count rate / s-1 |
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TC | K | U | Th |
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1 | 663.00 | 14.53 | 3.19 | 2.65 | 2 | 664.77 | 14.64 | 3.26 | 2.71 | 3 | 667.62 | 14.51 | 3.31 | 2.65 | 4 | 665.93 | 14.56 | 3.30 | 2.69 | 5 | 657.82 | 14.37 | 3.22 | 2.62 | 6 | 653.56 | 14.16 | 3.25 | 2.66 | 7 | 651.12 | 14.11 | 3.17 | 2.59 | Nmax | 667.62 | 14.64 | 3.31 | 2.71 | | 651.12 | 14.11 | 3.17 | 2.59 | | 661.02 | 14.43 | 3.24 | 2.65 | δmax / % | 1.00 | 1.52 | 2.00 | 2.28 | δmin / % | -1.50 | -2.19 | -2.36 | -2.32 |
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Table 4. System stability test results