A very low-background gamma-ray counting facility in the Baradello underground laboratory.

Abstract:

:An underground station for the measurement of low-level radioactivity is in operation in Northern Italy in the town of Como under the Baradello hill. The rock cover is -300 m water equivalent. This paper reports about the preliminary measurements carried out to characterise the site of the Baradello hill and the installation of a high-purity Ge detector with a radio-pure copper shielding. Features and levels of the achieved background are reported and discussed, in comparison with other above ground and underground low-radioactivity stations. Sensitivities to radioactivity in typical environmental matrices are evaluated, confirming the very low-gamma background attained in the laboratory.

journal_name

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

authors

Pellicciari M,Fascilla A,Giuliani A,Pedretti M,Cesana A,Garlati L,Terrani M,Raselli GL

doi

10.1093/rpd/nci163

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

359-62

issue

1-4 Pt 2

eissn

0144-8420

issn

1742-3406

journal_volume

116

pub_type

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