Research Article

NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES

Volume: 31 Number: 1 June 26, 2019
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NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES

Abstract

In past 30 years, research and development (R&D) activities on radiation monitoring and measuring instruments and their production have continuously been conducted in Nuclear Electronics Unit of Technology Development Department of Turkish Atomic Energy Authority. The gained skill and know-how in such activities are applied to develop prototypes, so new models of these radiation instruments are in market order to compete with new technology. In recent times, fully surface mount electronics components are used to minimize the dimensions of radiation measuring instruments. The usage of microcontroller enables reliable, stable measurement and display of low background dose rate fields and makes possible the evaluation of the measurement data through the user friendly menus. It can be stated that these new generation devices developed in TAEA have a broad range of features such as a large graphic LCD screen, wide and accurate measurement range with dynamic dead time correction subroutine, measurement recording feature, audible and visible alarm feature, GPS module, USB port for computer connection, rechargeable lithium battery charged from USB port and comprehensive menu options such as radiation measurement unit and language selection. As another feature, radiation dose rate values can be recorded to internal memory, manually or automatically. The records, can be transferred to the computer by using the Data Management System (VYS-250) computer software which developed by Nuclear Electronics Unit. Radiation levels with the GPS position information can be displayed on the real map when the internet access is provided. All these substantial improvements, enable these devices to compete with their superior features in terms of both software and hardware when compared to similar devices available in the market.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Metrology, Applied and Industrial Physics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nihat Batmaz This is me
Türkiye

Serdar Yurtsever This is me
Türkiye

Hüdaver Kaplan This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 26, 2019

Submission Date

February 28, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 15, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 31 Number: 1

APA
Küçükarslan, N., Batmaz, N., Sail, G., Yurtsever, S., & Kaplan, H. (2019). NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences, 31(1), 14-23. https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM
AMA
1.Küçükarslan N, Batmaz N, Sail G, Yurtsever S, Kaplan H. NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences. 2019;31(1):14-23. https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM
Chicago
Küçükarslan, Necati, Nihat Batmaz, Gökhan Sail, Serdar Yurtsever, and Hüdaver Kaplan. 2019. “NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES”. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences 31 (1): 14-23. https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM.
EndNote
Küçükarslan N, Batmaz N, Sail G, Yurtsever S, Kaplan H (June 1, 2019) NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences 31 1 14–23.
IEEE
[1]N. Küçükarslan, N. Batmaz, G. Sail, S. Yurtsever, and H. Kaplan, “NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES”, Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 14–23, June 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM
ISNAD
Küçükarslan, Necati - Batmaz, Nihat - Sail, Gökhan - Yurtsever, Serdar - Kaplan, Hüdaver. “NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES”. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences 31/1 (June 1, 2019): 14-23. https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM.
JAMA
1.Küçükarslan N, Batmaz N, Sail G, Yurtsever S, Kaplan H. NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences. 2019;31:14–23.
MLA
Küçükarslan, Necati, et al. “NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES”. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences, vol. 31, no. 1, June 2019, pp. 14-23, https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM.
Vancouver
1.Necati Küçükarslan, Nihat Batmaz, Gökhan Sail, Serdar Yurtsever, Hüdaver Kaplan. NEW GENERATION RADIATION METERS DEVELOPED AT TAEA LABORATORIES. Turkish Journal of Nuclear Sciences [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 1;31(1):14-23. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22XD32PM