Radiation Instrumentation Laboratory

The Radiation Instrumentation Laboratory currently includes the following equipment:

• Epson Perfection V700 film scanner
• FLUKE 451B ion chamber
• Shielding materials in the form of lead bricks
• MATLAB software and MCNPX Monte Carlo code for absorbed dose calculation
• Amptek X-ray detector and supporting electronics
• ORTEC SiLi X-ray detector
• ORTEC germanium gamma ray detector
• Several ionization chambers and proportional counters
• Ludlum detectors including 5 survey meters, a neutron detector, and alpha, beta, and gamma scintillators
• Electronics, including a Tektronix digital oscilloscope, various Nuclear Instrumentation Module (NIM) bins and electronics, a Canberra NIM-based multichannel analyzer (MCA) with Genie MCA software, and GUPIX X-ray spectral analysis software
• Various radioactive sources: East Carolina University holds an Agreement State, Broad Academic License, 074-296-1; this license was issued by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Radiation Protection Section