Radiation Detectors
OBJECTIVES
TERMINAL OBJECTIVE
3.0
SUMMARIZE the operation of typical source, intermediate, and power range nuclear
instruments.
ENABLING OBJECTIVES
3.1
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Signal-to-noise ratio
b.
Discriminator
c.
Analog
d.
Logarithm
e.
Period
f.
Decades per minute (DPM)
g.
Scalar
3.2
LIST the type of detector used in each of the following nuclear instruments:
a.
Source range
b.
Intermediate range
c.
Power range
3.3
Given a block diagram of a typical source range instrument, STATE the purpose of major
components.
a.
Linear amplifier
b.
Discriminator
c.
Pulse integrator
d.
Log count rate amplifier
e.
Differentiator
3.4
Given a block diagram of a typical intermediate range instrument, STATE the purpose
of major components.
a.
Log n amplifier
b.
Differentiator
c.
Reactor protection interface
3.5
STATE the reason gamma compensation is NOT required in the power range.
3.6
Given a block diagram of a typical power range instrument, STATE the purpose of major
components.
a.
Linear amplifier
b.
Reactor protection interface
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