Americium activated scintillators
ORAL
Abstract
We are interested in studying the useful lifetime of americium activated plastic and glass scintillators used as calibration and reference sources. The light output per decay event decreases over time as a result of radiation damage to the scintillating material. Reported here is the measured light output of 25-year-old americium activated glass and plastic scintillators and our experimental setup to further study the degradation of scintillators.
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