Characterization of the radiation environment at TU Bergakademie in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Abstract
The detailed characterization of ionizing radiation is essential for understanding occupational hazards as well as for planning scientific and industrial activities requiring well-defined conditions. The characterization of natural background radiation in the TU Bergakademie mine of Freiberg, Germany, which is one of the underground laboratories participating in the Baltic Sea Region's Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN), involves in-situ gamma spectrometry, neutron flux measurements, radon concentration, and alpha/beta laboratory spectrometry of water and rock samples. At a depth of 150 m within the gneiss formation (410 m w.e.), a neutron flux of (3.12 ± 0.10) × 10-6 [cm-2 s-1] and a gamma ray dose of 0.036 ± 0.008 μ Sv/h were determined.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.nima.2019.162652
- Bibcode:
- 2019NIMPA.94662652P
- Keywords:
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- Environmental radioactivity;
- Gamma spectrometry;
- Neutron flux;
- Underground laboratory;
- Uranium concentration