Dose rate monitoring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10054689-B2
Application number	US-201515542803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A dose rate monitoring device contains a first radiation detector including an inorganic crystal scintillator, a second radiation detector including a plastic scintillator, a detector mount having a cylinder part, a low range calculator calculating a first compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray based on the detection signal pulse, a high range calculator calculating a second compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray based on the detection signal pulse, a dose rate calculator calculating a dose rate ratio from the first compensation dose rate and the second compensation dose rate, and choosing a compensation dose rate according to the magnitude of the calculated dose rate ratio; and a display displaying the compensation dose rate which is outputted from the dose rate calculator, wherein the plastic scintillator which is included in the second radiation detector is wound around the cylinder part of the detector mount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dose rate monitoring device comprising;
a first radiation detector, including an inorganic crystal scintillator and outputting a detection signal pulse when a radioactive ray enters,
a second radiation detector, including a plastic scintillator and outputting a detection signal pulse when a radioactive ray enters,
a detector mount, having a cylinder part and accommodating the first radiation detector and the second radiation detector,
a low range calculator, calculating a first compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray, using an energy compensation coefficient and a G (E) function table, based on the detection signal pulse which is outputted from the first radiation detector,
a high range calculator, calculating a second compensation dose rate of an incident radioactive ray, using an energy compensation coefficient, based on the detection signal pulse which is outputted from the second radiation detector,
a dose rate calculator, calculating a dose rate ratio from the first compensation dose rate which is calculated in the low range calculator and the second compensation dose rate which is calculated in the high range calculator, and choosing a compensation dose rate, which is to be outputted therefrom, according to the magnitude of the calculated dose rate ratio; and
a display, displaying the compensation dose rate which is outputted from the dose rate calculator,
wherein the plastic scintillator which is included in the second radiation detector is wound around the cylinder part of the detector mount.

2. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first radiation detector and the second radiation detector are arranged on a central axis of the detector mount.

3. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plastic scintillator is arranged towards the further back side direction than the bottom face of the inorganic crystal scintillator.

4. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the dose rate calculator chooses the second compensation dose rate and outputs it, when the dose rate ratio exceeds 1+k1, and chooses the first compensation dose rate and outputs it, when the dose rate ratio falls down to 1+k2, on the assumption that constant k1>constant k2>0.

5. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plastic scintillator consists of a fiber bundle.

6. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detector mount includes a shield body against radioactive rays and is arranged inside the cylinder part.

7. The dose rate monitoring device according to claim 1 ;
wherein the dose rate calculator raises an abnormality alarm when the dose rate ratio is larger than a preset value.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Katayama Shohei
• Moteki Kenichi

Classifications

• G01T1/023 Primary

  Scintillation dose-rate meters · CPC title

• G01T1/167

  Measuring radioactive content of objects, e.g. contamination (whole body counters G01T1/163) · CPC title

• G01T1/20

  with scintillation detectors · CPC title