THE USE OF A DEEP-WATER GAMMA RADIOMETER FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY IN THE OCEAN

Abstract

There was created an original automatic deep-water gamma-radiometer with a sensitivity threshold of 2 x 10 to the -10th power curie, intended for the measurement of total natural radioactivity (r/a) at the maximum depths of the oceans of the world. During measurements of the gamma- background of the depths of the central and northern parts of the Indian Ocean in 1960, there was not found any increase in the r/a level exceeding the natural level by more than 2-3 times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0629672

Entities

People

  • K. A. Kotlyarov
  • L. M. Khitrov

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Amplifiers
  • Calibration
  • Chemistry
  • Clocks
  • Counters
  • Deep Water
  • Detectors
  • Emission Spectra
  • Errors
  • High Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Radioactivity
  • Research Ships
  • Sea Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Oceanography.