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Lectures on use of portable detectors for radiological assessment

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Radiation monitoring using portable detectors

Duration: 00:40:50

Language: English

This lecture contains information on principles of functioning of radiation detectors and their use for radiation monitoring, including:

o   Recap on nuclear radiation and interactions of radiation with matter

o   Main types of radiation detectors

o   Radiation monitoring using portable detectors

-          In Environmental assessments

-          In Radiation protection

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In situ measurements and mapping to support radiological characterization of sites

Duration: 00:36:53

Language: English

This lecture contains information on principles of in-situ approach for radiological characterization of sites, including:

o   Radiologically impacted sites: The needs for characterization, Typical cases and challenges

o   Requirements to analytical support

-          Defining analytical requirements; Sampling problems

-          Analytical techniques (laboratory vs in-situ), Rationale and advantages of in-situ

o   Description of methodologies used for field measurements

o   Data representation and interpretation: Statistics, Creation of maps, Interpolation

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Utilization of HPGe detectors for Nuclear Security tasks (Introduction)

Duration: 00:19:15

Language: English

This lecture provides an introduction to the use of HPGe detectors in two typical tasks of Nuclear Security:

o   Assessment of contamination of surfaces

o   Content of radionuclides in containers

Two types of HPGe detectors, associated software and principles of efficiency calibration are described

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Characterization of objects contamination using portable devices

Duration: 00:35:15

Language: English

This video describes the methodologies used to assess the contamination of objects using Portable High-Resolution Identification Detectors, including:

o   Main types of RIIDs

o   Common objects geometry

o   Hardware operation and calibration, measurement, and analysis 






Recommendations for radiological characterization of different objects and cases

Duration: 00:16:40

Language: English

This video provides recommendations to characterize the radiological contamination of different objects, including:

o   Small size (point sources)

o   Drums

o   Boxes

o   Surfaces




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UAV Based Radiological Mapping of Buildings

Duration: 00:12:12

Language: English

This video provides recommendations to inspect buildinga from outside and find possible location of sources:

o   Recent progress in Unmaned Aerial System technologies

o   Examples of previous characterizations

o   Description of the equipment and methodology

o   Techniques for radiation mapping

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Characterization on contamination and NORMs using portable high resolution identification devices: Introduction

Duration: 00:26:17

Language: English

This video provides recommendations to perform field measurements in support of Nuclear security tasks:


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​Characterization on contamination and NORMs using portable high resolution identification devicess: Cases of study​​

Duration: 00:15:03

Language: English

This demonstration introduces to the main actions required for fusing HPGe detectors in the following cases:

o   Fresh Fallout 

o   Aged Contamination (Chernobyl)

o   NORMs Characterization​


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Radiation moniroing and nuclear radiation detection​​

Duration: 00:20:07

Language: English

This lecture introduces to the fundamentals of radiation monitoring, including:

o   Needs for monitoring

o   Types of radionuclides

o   Monitoring scenarios


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