Abstract
The significance of continuous reporting of the measured background radiation levels in RPMs has been discussed. To effectively monitor gamma and neutron background radiation signals, numerous RPM systems have adopted a daily file format, which is written once per day. Daily file format logs gamma and neutron background radiation levels with a timestamp every 5 seconds unless the RPM passage is occupied where data is recorded every 0.2 seconds. In our results, we outlined strategies for troubleshooting malfunctioning components and rectifying errors in background updates: (1) detection of a faulty wire connection can be found by observing abrupt spikes in background signals without the need to open the system, (2) abnormal background level elevation caused by environmental factors such as rainfall, temperature variations, and presence of x-ray scanners can be identified because these factors exhibit characteristic signal profiles enabling differentiating them to other background noise sources, and (3) the influence of outer space phenomena, including cosmic radiation and lunar phases, is also identified because of their distinct features such as energy levels and cyclic patterns.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 852-855 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Transactions of the American Nuclear Society |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 2024 |
| Event | 2024 Transactions of the American Nuclear Society on Winter Conference and Expo, ANS 2024 - Orlando, United States Duration: Nov 17 2024 → Nov 21 2024 |
Funding
This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). This research was sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the US Department of Energy.