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Aerial radiological surveys

Proctor, 1997

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Proctor A
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Measuring terrestrial gamma radiation from airborne platforms has proved to be a useful method for characterizing radiation levels over large areas. Over 300 aerial radiological surveys have been carried out over the past 25 years including US Department of Energy …
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/17—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector
    • G01T1/178—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector for measuring specific activity in the presence of other radioactive substances, e.g. natural, in the air or in liquids such as rain water
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/169—Exploration, location of contaminated surface areas in situ measurement, e.g. floor contamination monitor
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    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/02—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for surface logging, e.g. from aircraft
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    • G01T1/167—Measuring radioactive content of objects, e.g. contamination
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    • G01T1/026—Semiconductor dose-rate meters
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    • G01T7/00—Details of radiation-measuring instruments
    • G01T7/02—Collecting means for receiving or storing samples to be investigated and possibly directly transporting the samples to the measuring arrangement; particularly for investigating radioactive fluids
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    • G01V5/0008—Detecting hidden objects, e.g. weapons, explosives
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    • G01V5/08—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays
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