| This research confirmed the assumption that large volume sodium iodide detectors are suitable for quantification of discrete low energy gamma ray emitting particles in soil. This research included simulating the detector response using the Monte Carlo code and comparing the output to experimental results obtained in the field. The minimum detectable areal concentration (Scan-MDC) values are used to evaluate detector performance, and it is experimentally shown that the detection system and scanning method employed are reasonable and practical with respect to time, labor, and cost. |
