Publications by authors named "Richard E Teague"

Following removal of a superconducting wiggler that has a maximum magnetic-field of 7 T in a high-energy synchrotron facility, sufficient lead shielding was placed upstream of the removal point in the normal-conducting electron storage ring to account for any radiation sources from the upstream components. As is customary in such cases, when vacuum has been breached, there is a period of time required for vacuum re-conditioning of the ring. During this re-conditioning phase, poor vacuum contributes to gas bremsstrahlung formation that typically is visualized as an increase in overall radiation exposure from standard operating conditions.

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This project used Fricke dosimeters to determine the dose rates at multiple locations in a Co pool irradiator. Fricke dosimetry is widely accepted as a chemical dosimetry method to measure radiation absorbed dose due to its simple recipe, linear response, wide dose range, good reproducibility, ease of measurements, and low operational cost. Calibration measurements were used to determine a molar extinction coefficient of 2,185 +/- 14 L mol cm at 303 nm and 25 degrees C; the molar extinction coefficient is comparable to values from the published literature.

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