RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 1-6.

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Dose investigation of high gamma rays in operating nuclear power plant

Chen Faguo1, You Zhaojin2, Wang Bin2, Zhang Qingli1, Shen Huaya1, Han Yi1   

  1. 1. China Institute for Radiation Protection,Taiyuan 030006;
    2. CNNC Nuclear Power Operations Management Co. Ltd,Zhejiang Haiyan 314300
  • Received:2014-08-18 Online:2016-01-20 Published:2021-11-12

Abstract: During the operation of nuclear power plant, there are radioactive nuclides in the reactorcoolant system, 16N etc, which decay with emission of high energy gamma rays. But most of the portable gamma dosimeters are not suitable to measure the dose of high gamma rays due to the weakness of energy response. In order to investigate the radiation level of high energy gamma rays at different areas of reactor building,spectra were measured using NaI(Tl) detector during the operation of a nuclear power plant. Then, the dose rate of high gamma rays (>3 MeV) was calculated by using the measured spectrum and response function of detector system. The results showed that: in all fifteen measurement locations, high gamma rays were observed obviously in measured spectra of six locations, corresponding to the dose rates in the range of 1.02—30.14 μSv/h.

Key words: NaI(Tl) γ spectrometer, high energy gamma rays, least square method, Gold iterative method

CLC Number: 

  • TL75+1