title: Applications of a self-collimating BGO detector system to radiological emergency response.
abstract: The capability of a recently developed BGO detector system featuring a "self-collimating" structure to locate a point source was established by Monte Carlo simulations and by laboratory scale experiments. The detector system's capability to determine the direction of a nuclear plume resulting from a PWR1 or PWR2 type accident in stable atmospheric conditions by airborne monitoring of the 2.4 MeV photons emitted by 88Kr was established by Monte Carlo simulations.
authors.affiliation: Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pernick
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orion
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ilzycer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zafrir
mesh_terms: D001729:Bismuth / Q000032:analysis*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D005857:Germanium / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D007727:Krypton Radioisotopes; D005857:Germanium; C042364:bismuth germanium oxide; D001729:Bismuth