TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a car-borne γ-ray survey system, KURAMA
AU - Tanigaki, M.
AU - Okumura, R.
AU - Takamiya, K.
AU - Sato, N.
AU - Yoshino, H.
AU - Yamana, H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Dr. Mizuno, Mr. Abe, Mr. Koyama and staff members of the KURAMA operation team at the Fukushima prefectural government for the continuous support to field tests of KURAMA in Fukushima . The authors also thank to Dr. Ito of ICR, Kyoto University, Prof. Maeno of Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, and staff members of the KURAMA field test team of RRI, Kyoto University for their contribution to the test operation in Fukushima. The authors are indebted to Dr. Saito of JAEA and Dr. Uchibori of NIRS for discussions concerning the operation of KURAMA, especially for discussions and data regarding the shielding factor of the car body. This work is partly supported by “ Monotsukuri Fukkou Shien Project ”, a support program by National Instruments Japan Corporation aimed at projects that contribute to recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Finally, the authors would like to express their gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Takahashi and the staff members at “Matsushimaya Ryokan”, an inn at Iizaka hot spring, Fukushima prefecture, for their heart-warming hospitality during stays for the test operation of KURAMA, regardless of the severe circumstances due to the earthquake and the following nuclear accident.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A compact radiometric survey system, named KURAMA (Kyoto University RAdiation MApping system), has been developed as a response to the nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. KURAMA is based on GPS (Global Positioning System) and network technology, and intended for the realtime data accumulation of multiple mobile monitoring stations, such as monitoring cars. KURAMA now serves for the car-borne surveys in Fukushima and surrounding prefectures by the Japanese Government and local authorities. An outline of KURAMA and discussions on car-borne γ-ray surveys using KURAMA are introduced.
AB - A compact radiometric survey system, named KURAMA (Kyoto University RAdiation MApping system), has been developed as a response to the nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. KURAMA is based on GPS (Global Positioning System) and network technology, and intended for the realtime data accumulation of multiple mobile monitoring stations, such as monitoring cars. KURAMA now serves for the car-borne surveys in Fukushima and surrounding prefectures by the Japanese Government and local authorities. An outline of KURAMA and discussions on car-borne γ-ray surveys using KURAMA are introduced.
KW - Air dose rate
KW - Car-borne survey
KW - Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
KW - Mapping
KW - Radiometry
KW - γ-ray
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.059
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879826276
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 726
SP - 162
EP - 168
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
ER -