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Liquid Scintillation Counting in the London Underground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Sheridan Bowman
Sheridan Bowman*
Affiliation:
British Museum Research Laboratory London WC1B 3DG, England
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Abstract

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At the 12th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Trondheim, the potential of the London Underground as a site for liquid scintillation counting was considered (Bowman, 1986). This was discussed in light of a survey of three possible locations using a portable gamma-ray spectrometer. Two liquid scintillation counters, a Packard 3255 and an LKB “Kangaroo”, have now been successfully installed in a vault which is some 30m below ground. The reduction in background count rates achieved is discussed, together with other improvements made to the counting system.

Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 393 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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