High-resolution, germanium detectors (HPGe) have long been used for radionuclide characterization of nuclear sites, both buildings and large areas, for the purpose of cleaning up the site. Several systems consisting of a detector, mobile support, collimators and software for data collection and spectrum analysis have been made by national laboratories and commercial companies. The efficacy of t...

All low-level laboratories require HPGe detectors to meet certain technical specifications, some of which are not available from manufacturers prior to purchase. Ensuring an HPGe detector is fit for purpose requires the purchase and installation of a detector in the laboratory, incurring both financial risk and considerable time and effort. We show that the optimal HPGe crystal for low-level la...

The general need for improved detection performance and reduced decision time for portal monitors, freight container scanners, and mobile search systems is being achieved with systems utilizing High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. Highly specialized software analyzes the spectroscopic data to produce accurate results in live time. To meet the need, a new generation monitor has been developed...

A new generation of high-resolution hypernuclear γ-spectroscopy experiments with high-purity germanium detectors (HPGe) are presently designed at the FINUDA spectrometer at DAΦNE, the Frascati φ-factory, and at PANDA , the pp hadron spectrometer at the future FAIR facility. Both, the FINUDA and PANDA spectrometers are built around the target region covering a large solid angle. To maximise the ...

Measurements with a bare p-type high purity germanium diode (HPGe) submerged in a 19 kg liquid argon (LAr) scintillation detector at MPIK-Heidelberg are reported. The liquid argon–germanium system (LArGe) is operated as a 4π anti-Compton spectrometer to suppress backgrounds in the HPGe. This R&D is carried out in the framework of the Gerda experiment which searches for 0νββ decays with HPGe det...

Modern coaxial and planar HPGe detectors allow a precise determination of the energies and trajectories of the impinging gamma-rays. This entails the location of the gamma interactions inside the crystal from the shape of the delivered signals. This paper reviews the state of the art of the analysis of the HPGe response function and proposes methods that lead to optimum signal decomposition. Th...

A multilayer passive shield composed of low-activity lead (Pb), copper (Cu), tin (Sn) and iron (Fe) was designed and manufactured for a coaxial HPGe detector placed at a surface laboratory for reducing background radiation and radiation dose to the personnel. The performance of the shield was evaluated and efficiency curves of the detector were plotted by using of various standard sources in di...

Specific activity results of (51)Cr, (67)Ga, (99m)Tc and (201)Tl radioactive solutions, measured in different dose calibrators located at nuclear medicine services and in a calibrated HPGe gamma spectrometer, were compared. The HPGe spectrometer was calibrated in a well defined geometry by means of (60)Co, (133)Ba, (152)Eu, (166m)Ho and (241)Am sources, previously standardized in a 4pibeta-gamm...