Analysis of radioactive gas generated by the AGN-201 reactor at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Authors
Grissom, Charles C.
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Riggin, John D.
Date of Issue
1965
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
The principal radioactive constituents of the core gas
generated by the AGN-201 reactor at the United States Naval
Postgraduate School were identified by an analysis of the
spectrum of the emitted gamma-rays and by half- life analysis.
Also the absolute activities at various times following generation
were determined. A scintillation spectrometer with a
gating capability was used. Only those radioisotopes still
existing in significant quantities twelve hours after generation
were identified since sampling the gas at an earlier time
was, for the most part, impractical. The results indicate that
1 3-3 13c
the radioisotopes Xe JJ and Xe JJ are the only ones present in
significant quantities. Their combined specific activities
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varied from 1.7 x 10 to 1.3 x 10 microcuries per cc of gas
depending upon the age of the gas. It was determined that an
upper limit of approximately 0.2% of the activity might be due
to the presence of radioactive iodine.
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Physics
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iv, 24 p.: ill.;28 cm.
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