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
Necati Küçükarslan
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Türkiye
Nihat Batmaz
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Türkiye
Gökhan Sail
Türkiye
Serdar Yurtsever
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Türkiye
Hüdaver Kaplan
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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