LB 124 SCINT Series Contamination Monitors

LB 124 SCINT Series Contamination Monitors

The Contamination Monitors of the LB 124 SCINT Series are versatile and flexible instruments for practical radiation protection applications. They can be employed wherever contamination caused by radiation substances is encountered and has to be monitored: in nuclear medicine, research, nuclear power plants, in decommissioning of nuclear facilities and disposal of nuclear waste as well as in environmental monitoring. The instruments are used to measure radioactive alpha and beta-gamma contaminations on surfaces such as floors, walls, desks, objects, clothing or skin.
The instruments of the LB 124 SCINT Series are contamination monitors based on scintillation technology. Their benefits are:

• Simultaneous and separate measurement of alpha and beta-gamma contaminations
• Measurement of gamma dose rate
  (only for LB 124 SCINT-D)
• High sensitivity and uniform response
• No counting gas required
• Lightweight, easy to handle and rugged instrument
• Wide temperature range

The Contamination Monitor LB 124 SCINT is a portable battery-powered instrument. It is comprised of a display unit with microprocessor electronics, a signal processing electronics and a ZnS-scintillator with photomultiplier. The LB 124 SCINT and LB 124 SCINT-D has an active measurement area of 170 cm² and the version LB 124 SCINT-300 of 345 cm². The sophisticated reflector geometry ensures an extremely flat response over the entire sensitive area.

Functions and accessories

The LB 124 SCINT has an attractive and ergonomic design and due to its low weight it is easy to handle. Even under averse conditions, the measured results can be read easily on large high-resolution display with background lighting. A few directly accessible function keys suffice to operate the instrument. The instrument’s surfaces can easily be decontaminated.
Different user profiles with different levels of complexity and access rights can be selected: Less experienced users may use the instrument as a simple, clearly structured system. For experienced users the software offers numerous functions and utilities, measurement modes and access to all paramaters. Profiles can be configured password-protected and are pre-defined as EASY, STANDARD and EXPERT. The instrument has a large data memory and supports bi-directional communication via RS232. Program download and data transfer to a PC or printer are possible.
On the bottom side of the LB 124 SCINT /-D there are guides to insert an additional grating for better detector protection or to use a sample holder with drawer for activity measurement of small samples.

Versions

The LB 124 SCINT Series consists of LB 124 SCINT, LB 124 SCINT-D and LB 124 SCINT-300.
Through the integration of an additional Geiger-Müller tube it is possible to measure gamma dose rate in ambient dose equivalent H*(10) simultaneous besides regular contamination measurement.
The LB 124 SCINT-300 has an active measurement area of 345 cm². This large area supports faster measurements with lower effort and increase safety.