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Radioassay facilities at the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory

Scovell, PR; Thiesse, M; Ahmed Maouloud, S; Ghag, C; Dobson, J; (2023) Radioassay facilities at the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory. Frontiers in Physics , 11 , Article 1310146. 10.3389/fphy.2023.1310146. Green open access

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Abstract

For future low-background particle physics experiments, it will be essential to assay candidate detector materials using an array of assay techniques. To minimise the risk of sample contamination whilst moving between assay techniques, it is also sensible to minimise the distance between assay stations, particularly for non-destructive techniques where the sample may end up being installed into an experiment. The Boulby UnderGround Screening (BUGS) Facility comprises an array of germanium detectors, two XIA UltraLo-1800 surface-alpha counters, two radon emanation detectors and an Agilent ICP-MS system. This article describes each of these systems.

Type: Article
Title: Radioassay facilities at the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1310146
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1310146
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 Scovell, Thiesse, Ahmed Maouloud, Ghag and Dobson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Keywords: gamma spectrometry, surface alpha counting, radon emanation, mass spectrometry, radioassay
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185195
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