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Gamma?Ray Counters to Monitor Radioactive Waste Packages in the MICADO Project

Luigi Cosentino    
Martina Giuffrida    
Sergio Lo Meo    
Fabio Longhitano    
Alfio Pappalardo    
Giuseppe Passaro and Paolo Finocchiaro    

Resumen

One of the goals of the MICADO Euratom project is to monitor the gamma-rays emitted by radioactive waste drums in storage sites on a medium to long term basis. For this purpose, 36 low-cost gamma-ray counters were designed and built to act as a demonstrator. These counters, named SciFi, are based on a scintillating fiber readout at each end by a silicon photomultiplier, assembled in a robust arrangement in the form of 80 cm long pipes. Several counters will be placed around radwaste packages in order to monitor the gamma dose-rate by collecting a continuous data stream. The 36 sensors were thoroughly tested with a 22Na and a 137Cs gamma-ray sources, and with an AmBe neutron and gamma-ray source, the results are quite satisfactory, and the next step will be the test in a real environment.

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