分类: 核科学技术 >> 核材料与工艺技术 提交时间: 2023-06-18 合作期刊: 《Nuclear Science and Techniques》
摘要: The present work investigated the radiolysis of HA (Humic acids) in aqueous solutions and under gamma radiation. Absorbances at the range of 200‒800 nm and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were used to characterize the degree of degradation of HA. The results indicated that absorbances and the concentrations of COD were decreased with increasing of irradiation dose while with increasing of irradiation dose the pH of the solutions was decreased at first and then increase. In addition, the effects of initial pH and primary solution concentrations on HA degradation were also investigated. It is shown that the higher primary solution concentrations, the lower degradation efficiency under the same irradiation dose. And the degradation efficiency of HA under neutral conditions is better than in acidic or alkaline conditions.
分类: 核科学技术 >> 核探测技术与核电子学 提交时间: 2024-02-23
摘要: Time-encoded imaging is useful for identifying potential special nuclear materials and other radioactive sources at a distance. In this study, a large field-of-view time-encoded imager was developed for gamma-ray and neutron source hotspot imaging based on a depth-of-interaction (DOI) detector. The imager primarily consists of a DOI detector system and a rotary dual-layer cylindrical coded mask. An EJ276 plastic scintillator coupled with two SiPMs was designed as the DOI detector to increase the field of view and improve the imager performance. The difference in signal time at both ends and the log of the signal amplitude ratio were used to calculate the interaction position resolution. The position resolution of the DOI detector was calibrated using a collimated Cs-137 source, and the full width at half maximum of the reconstruction position of the Gaussian fitting curve was approximately 4.4 cm. The DOI detector can be arbitrarily divided into several units to independently reconstruct the source distribution images. The unit length was optimized via Am-Be source-location experiments. A multidetector filtering method is proposed for image denoising. This method can effectively reduce image noise caused by poor DOI detector position resolution. The vertical field of view of the imager was (-55°, 55°) when the detector was placed in the center of the coded mask. A DT neutron source at 20 m standoff could be located within 2400 s with an angular resolution of 3.5°.