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Re: Looking for a very high count rate alpha meter



At Savannah river site they use an ion chamber instrument that was for Alpha
contamination in the range you mention. They called the instrument a "Yellow
RO-2". I'm sure the instrument facility  @ SRS can give you the units
technical name.
V/R
Samuel A Engelhard (Sam) RRPT
Colorado State University Radiation Control Office
131 General Services Bldg.
Ft. Collins Co 80523-6021
(970)491-4835
MrNrge@lamar.colostate.edu

Robert_A_Jones@RL.gov wrote:

> Radsafers,
>
> I am looking for a very high count rate alpha meter.  Specifically, I am
> looking for ranges of >10^4 to 10^6 cpm.  We currently have alpha dose
> rate instruments for this high range, but they have correction factors
> for conversion from dose rate to dpm.
>
> Please send responses to this address.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert A. Jones                 Robert_A_Jones@rl.gov
> <mailto:Robert_A_Jones@rl.gov>
> Health Physicist                        phone: (509)376-8528
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