title: Design of an inexpensive, flexible, shielded cave for environmental radioactivity measurements.
abstract: A graded-absorber radiation shield (cave) was designed with low cost and flexibility to lower background for counting environmental and other samples containing small amounts of radioactivity.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: Kimberlee J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kearfott
authors.forename: Connor P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Henley
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bernal
mesh_terms: D001417:Background Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005720:Gamma Rays; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes