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Mount BJ, Thomas KJ, Oliver-Mallory KC, Lesko KT, Schnee RW, Henning R, MacLellan RF, Guerra MBB, Busch M, Christofferson CAD, Wilkerson JF, Xu W, Mei D. Black Hills State University Underground Campus. Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 126:130-133. [PMID: 28314507 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The Black Hills State University Underground Campus (BHUC) houses a low background counting facility on the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility. There are currently four ultra-low background, high-purity germanium detectors installed in the BHUC and it is anticipated four more detectors will be installed within a year. In total, the BHUC will be able to accommodate up to twelve detectors with space inside a class 1000 cleanroom, an automated liquid nitrogen fill system, on-site personnel assistance and other required utilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brianna J Mount
- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD 57799, USA.
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
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- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA; Department of Physics, University of California- Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD 57799, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biological Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
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Bandac I, Borjabad S, Ianni A, Nuñez-Lagos R, Pérez C, Rodríguez S, Villar JA. Ultra-low background and environmental measurements at Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC). Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 126:127-129. [PMID: 28279576 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
To support the construction of experiments at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC) in Spain, an Ultra-Low Background Service (ULBS) and a Copper Electroforming Service (CES) were created. The measurement technique employed at the ULBS is gamma spectroscopy with high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. A new anti-radon system is being implemented. The main goal of CES is to obtain high-purity copper pieces. A new electroforming set-up inside LSC underground clean room is planned. Radon and environmental measurements at the LSC are presented. The ULBS and CES are reviewed.
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- I Bandac
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Paseo de los Ayerbe S/N 22880 Canfranc Estación, Huesca, Spain
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- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Paseo de los Ayerbe S/N 22880 Canfranc Estación, Huesca, Spain.
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- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Paseo de los Ayerbe S/N 22880 Canfranc Estación, Huesca, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Bajas Actividades (LABAC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Bajas Actividades (LABAC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Bajas Actividades (LABAC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Bajas Actividades (LABAC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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