In low-level gamma-ray spectrometry, it is common to measure large samples in order to obtain low detection limits for the massic activity (in mBq/kg). These samples have significant shielding effects. In order to study whether the background sources in three ultra low-background HPGe detectors were located in the detector or in the shield, Marinelli beakers filled with hyperpure mercury were measured. Although the measurements were hampered by the presence of cosmogenically produced (194)Hg, information regarding the major background location of (40)K, (60)Co, (137)Cs, (210)Pb, (226)Ra, (228)Ra and (228)Th could be obtained.
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