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Feasibility about the Direct Measurement of 226Ra Using the Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

감마분광분석을 이용한 226Ra의 직접 측정방법에 대한 적용성 평가

  • Received : 2014.06.16
  • Accepted : 2014.06.27
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

In the case of the direct measurement of $^{226}Ra$ using a HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer, the interference between gammarays with 186.21 keV of $^{226}Ra$ and 185.7 keV of $^{235}U$ should be corrected to calculate the net peak area in the energy spectrum. In general, it is very difficult to conduct peaks stripping with difference of about 0.5 keV, although a HPGe with the superior resolution is applied and the maximum channels is applied to the spectrometer. In this study, several interference correction techniques in the direct measurement were surveyed to evaluate the feasibility for the measurement of $^{226}Ra$ using the gamma-ray spectrometery. Applying the interference corrections to the analysis of raw materials and by-products, the method validation for the direct measurement of $^{226}Ra$ was conducted by evaluating the measurement uncertainty, linearity, and range. As a result, the optimum method of the interference correction was selected by comparing with the indirect measurement of which progenies of $^{226}Ra$, such as $^{214}Pb$ and $^{214}Bi$, were analyzed in the secular equilibrium state.

HPGe 감마선 검출기를 이용하여 $^{226}Ra$의 방사능을 직접 측정방법의 경우, $^{226}Ra$의 186.21 keV 감마선이 $^{235}U$에서 방출되는 185.7 keV 감마선에 의한 간섭을 받기 때문에 피크면적의 계산에서 반드시 보정이 필요하다. 비록 분해능이 아주 우수한 HPGe 검출기를 사용한다 하더라도 그리고 분광시스템의 채널수를 최대로 늘린다고 할지라도 약 0.5 keV 차이의 두 감마선 피크를 분리해 내기란 현실적으로 어려운 일이다. 본 연구에서는 감마분광분석을 이용한 $^{226}Ra$의 직접 측정방법에 대한 적용성을 평가하기 위하여, 여러 가지 간섭피크 보정들을 이용한 직접 측정방법을 조사하였다. 이를 원료물질 및 공정부산물 시료들에 적용함으로써 직접 측정방법들에서 그 측정 불확도, 직선성 및 적용범위 등을 평가하였다. 최종적으로 방사평형 관계를 이용하여 $^{226}Ra$의 방사능을 측정하는 간접 측정방법으로부터 얻은 $^{214}Pb$$^{214}Bi$의 결과를 직접 측정방법의 결과와 비교함으로써 최적의 측정방법을 유도하였다.

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