EARTH MATERIALS FOR LOW-BACKGROUND RADIATION SHIELDING

A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED FOR MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A LOW-BACKGROUND COUNTING-ROOM ENCLOSURE AT THE LAWRENCE RADIATION LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. GAMMA-RAY SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF SOURCES OF CONCRETE AGGREGATES IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INDICATED THAT ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS ARE BEST SUITED FOR USE AS LOW-BACKGROUND AGGREGATES.

• Corporate Authors:

  LAWRENCE RADIATION LABORATORY

  LIVERMORE,    
• Authors:
  • Wollenberg, H A
  • Smith, A R
• Publication Date: 1962-5-24

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates by source; Building materials; Concrete aggregates; Electromagnetic radiation; Engineering soils; Gamma rays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aggregate sources; Shielding
• Old TRIS Terms: 6Ow background; Earth materials; Spectrograms
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216438
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Research Board
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 1994 12:00AM