Measurement of naturally occurring radionuclides in fields
(in-situ) or in Lab (in-vitro) is made by sodium iodide
thallium activated, NaI(Tl) detectors and or solid state
(semiconductor diode) Ge high purity detectors coaxial,
planar or well type by using various spectroscopic systems
linked with accumulation data processing units. For spectral
analysis of gamma-ray photon peaks, various libraries with
softwares have been developed and established and are
available to the users. Those gamma-ray spectrometers are
classified according to their resolution and the efficiency
in detecting and measuring the radionuclide
concentrations through the gamma-ray peaks of the
gamma-ray photons emitted by the naturally occurring and
or man-made produced radionuclides in various kinds of
environmental samples.
This article is designed to remove the “black box”
approach to gamma-ray spectroscopy results, i.e.,
Put the sample on the detector
Push the button
Read the printed report
Accept the results.