New Capabilities for Accurate Decay Data: First Results from the NNDC Decay Station
ORAL
Abstract
The National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory has recently developed in-house capabilities for α-β-γ spectroscopy. The decay station has been commissioned with measurements of the decay properties of radionuclides of interest for radioimmunotherapy (225Ac) [1], medical imaging (131Ba) and tracking nuclear material (125Xe) [2].
Radioactive sources are produced in-house using the irradiation facilities available at BNL, such as the Brookhaven Tandem Van de Graaff (BTVG) and the Brookhaven Linear Isotope Produced (BLIP), which allows us to measure short-lived radionuclides.
We have now begun a new campaign to measure the decay of isotopes relevant for nuclear energy applications.
We will present the current capabilities of the NNDC decay station, as well as preliminary results from the measurement of the decay of 187W. The source was produced at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor, and transferred to BNL for assay.
[1] Su, Victoria, et al. "Commissioning the NNDC Decay Station: A high-resolution α-γ coincidence detector for nuclear applications." APS Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting Abstracts. Vol. 2024. 2024.
[2] S. Waniganeththi, et al. “Precise Half-Life Determination of 131Ba and 125Xe”. Manuscript in preparation.
Radioactive sources are produced in-house using the irradiation facilities available at BNL, such as the Brookhaven Tandem Van de Graaff (BTVG) and the Brookhaven Linear Isotope Produced (BLIP), which allows us to measure short-lived radionuclides.
We have now begun a new campaign to measure the decay of isotopes relevant for nuclear energy applications.
We will present the current capabilities of the NNDC decay station, as well as preliminary results from the measurement of the decay of 187W. The source was produced at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor, and transferred to BNL for assay.
[1] Su, Victoria, et al. "Commissioning the NNDC Decay Station: A high-resolution α-γ coincidence detector for nuclear applications." APS Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting Abstracts. Vol. 2024. 2024.
[2] S. Waniganeththi, et al. “Precise Half-Life Determination of 131Ba and 125Xe”. Manuscript in preparation.
*The work at Brookhaven National Laboratory was sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 with Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC. This project was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) under the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships Program (SULI).
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Presenters
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Andrea Mattera
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)