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Systems and methods for assaying a radioactive gas, and related scintillation cells

  • Troy A. Robinson (Inventor)
  • , Martha R. Finck (Inventor)
  • , Matthew W. Cooper (Inventor)
  • , James C. Hayes (Inventor)
  • , Edward L. Reber (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A radioactive gas assay system comprises a scintillation cell production assembly, a detector assembly, a computer assembly, and a scintillation cell destruction assembly. The scintillation cell production assembly is configured to produce a scintillation cell comprising a glass scintillator shell containing a volume of radioactive gas. The detector assembly is configured to receive the scintillation cell and to detect photons emitted thereby. The computer assembly is configured to receive data from the detector assembly to automatically calculate an absolute activity of the volume of radioactive gas of the scintillation cell and radiation detection efficiencies of the detector assembly. The scintillation cell destruction assembly is configured to receive the scintillation cell and to rupture the substantially non-porous glass scintillator shell to release the volume of radioactive gas. A method of assaying a radioactive gas, and a scintillation cell are also described.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number10,274,609
StatePublished - Apr 2019

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