Plastic Scintillators

[Keith McCartney <MCCAKA@doe-md.gov>]

Does anyone have any experience detecting tritium with plastic
scintillators? I realize that a plastic scintillator will have a low to
nonexistent efficiency for such a low energy beta but I am interested in
detecting tritium at activity levels greater than 10E6 dpm. The information
that would be most helpful is a ballpark detection efficiency.

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Keith McCartney
Health Physicist
BWXT of Ohio Inc.
937.865.4068
mccaka@doe-md.gov
 
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