Space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7932828
APP PUB NO 20090212226A1
SERIAL NO

12406725

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Methods and apparatus are described for space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers. A method includes in situ polling a suite of passive integrating ionizing radiation sensors including reading-out dosimetric data from a first passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor and a second passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor, where the first passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor and the second passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor remain situated where the dosimetric data was integrated while reading-out. Another method includes arranging a plurality of ionizing radiation sensors in a spatially dispersed array; determining a relative position of each of the plurality of ionizing radiation sensors to define a volume of interest; collecting ionizing radiation data from at least a subset of the plurality of ionizing radiation sensors; and triggering an alarm condition when a dose level of an ionizing radiation source is calculated to exceed a threshold.

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UT-BATTELLE LLCOAK RIDGE TN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Britton,, Jr Charles L Alcoa, US 6 93
Bryan, William L Knoxville, US 7 295
Buckner, Mark A Oak Ridge, US 4 196
Hanson, Gregory R Clinton, US 19 420

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