Monitoring radioactive contamination by hyperspectral lidar

Aleksander S. Grishkanich, Victor Georgievich Bespalov, Sergey K. Vasilev, Andrei Goussarov, Sergey V. Kascheev, Valentin V. Elizarov, Aleksandr P. Zhevlakov

    Research outputpeer-review

    16 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    There are already significant amounts of hazardous radioactive substances in the world. It, potentially, leads to a major damage and contamination of large areas. Laser sensing can serve as a highly effective method of searching and monitoring of radioactive contamination. We developed a laser system to detect accidental leakage of radioactive materials. Methods of fluorescence spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy allow to detect a concentration of uranyl U235O2 and U238O2 at 500 ppb, and Sr90 and Cs137 at the level of 1 ppm at 100 m distance from the object.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XII
    EditorsTuan Vo-Dinh, Robert A. Lieberman, Gunter G. Gauglitz
    PublisherSPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume9486
    ISBN (Electronic)9781628416022
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2015
    EventAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XII - Baltimore
    Duration: 20 Apr 201521 Apr 2015

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    PublisherSPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)
    Volume9486
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    ConferenceAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XII
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityBaltimore
    Period2015-04-202015-04-21

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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