Combining a detection efficiency of over 30% with increased shielding to reduce backgrounds, the HENC system is designed to assay 208 liter (55 gallon) drums to detection levels on the order of 1.6 mg of 240Pu-effective in a 1000 second count time.
The Features
- 208 liter (55 gallon) drum counter
- >30% efficiency
- <0.7 cps coincidence background at sea level
- MDAs of less than 20 nCi/g
- Automated loading and unloading
- Add-A-Source correction
- Coincidence or multiplicity counting