THE RGI-20 RADIAC SYSTEM. A WIDE-RANGE BETA-GAMMA INSTRUMENT. PART I. SURVEY METER SKINDOSE PROBE

Abstract

Design criteria were established following a survey among radiac specialists in the three services, and among Laboratory personnel and civil defense instructors. The resulting design includes these features: (1) A lowimpe ance circuit giving 20% accuracy from -40 to +50 C, with no zero drift; (2) A 50-cu in. belt-carried package which satisfied Mil-E-16400 environment specifications; (3) Gamma rate from 1 to 1,000 rad/hr, skin-dose rate to 5,000 rad/hr (from a separable probe), each indicated on several linear meter scales; and (4) A connector for a four-decade, low-range probe, and other possible auxiliary probes. Six prototypes have been fabricated. Work is continuing toward packaging the low-range probe and toward reducing costs of manufacture. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 07, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265239

Entities

People

  • G.t. Kiyoi
  • Katherine E. Miller

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Civil Defense
  • Connectors
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Design Criteria
  • Dose Rate
  • Environment
  • Instructors
  • Packaging
  • Prototypes
  • Specialists
  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.