MRI: Acquisition of an Ultra-low Background Gamma Spectroscopy Platform for Measuring Ionizing Radiation

磁共振成像：获得用于测量电离辐射的超低背景伽玛光谱平台该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。摘要本项目将购置一台高灵敏度伽玛能谱仪，以建立先进辐射能谱学的研究和教学设施。对核能重新产生的兴趣，以及核技术在众多医疗和商业领域的日益广泛的应用，使科学界迫切需要使低水平辐射测量能力现代化和扩大，以便进行研究和充分培训下一代核专业人员。在本项目中获得的伽马能谱仪已被证明可用于在大范围的发射能量范围内进行所需类型的超低辐射测量。目前，世界上只有少数几个这样的设施，主要位于西欧和亚洲。因此，在这个项目中开发的先进设备将对美国的研究人员产生积极影响，扩大他们为工作获得资金的能力，并开展更广泛的辐射研究工作。拟议的仪器将被安置在内华达大学拉斯维加斯校区最近完成的多学科研究中心的一个专用房间里，并将根据需要定制访问权限，以最大限度地为广泛的研究人员和其他感兴趣的各方提供该设施。预计该系统的后续操作改进将在辐射计量领域提供额外的、独特的有价值的培训、学习和教学经验。

MRI: Acquisition of an Ultra-low Background Gamma Spectroscopy Platform for Measuring Ionizing RadiationThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).ABSTRACTThis project will acquire a high-sensitivity gamma spectroscopy equipment for the establishment of a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility in the area of advanced radiation spectroscopy. The renewed interest in nuclear energy, as well as the growing applications of nuclear technology in a multitude of medical and commercial fields, has created a pressing need within the scientific community to modernize and extend low-level radiation measurement capabilities in order to carry out research and to adequately train the next generation of nuclear professionals. The gamma spectroscopy instrument to be acquired in this project is of proven utility for making ultra-low radiation measurements of the type needed over a wide range of emission energies. Presently, there are only a handful of facilities of this caliber in the world located primarily in Western Europe and Asia. Thus the advanced facility to be developed in this project will have a positive impact on researchers in the United States by expanding their ability to receive funding for their work and to carry out a wider variety of radiation research efforts. The proposed instrument will be housed in a dedicated room in a recently completed, multi-disciplinary research center on the University of Nevada - Las Vegas campus and access would be tailored to maximize the availability of this facility to a broad spectrum of researchers and other interested parties. It is expected that subsequent operational improvements in the system would provide additional and uniquely valuable training, learning, and teaching experiences in the field of radiation metrology.