Development of an MPPC-based gamma-ray detector onboard a radiation source imager under high-dose environments and initial performance results

T Mizuno, M Arimoto, D Sato, K Yoshiura… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant∼ 10 years ago, various
studies have been conducted focusing on the decontamination of radioactive materials and …

Multi-pixel photon counter-based gamma camera with pinhole collimator to locate Cs-137 sources at high dose rates for the Fukushima nuclear power plant

T Tomoda, M Arimoto, T Mizuno, D Sato… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was severely damaged during the
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. However, the ongoing decommissioning work has been …

Development of a high-precision color gamma-ray image sensor based on TSV-MPPC and diced scintillator arrays

T Oshima, J Kataoka, A Kishimoto, T Fujita… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
We developed a high-precision color gamma-ray image sensor with fine spatial resolution
that is cost effective, widely applicable, and very sensitive, by using a diced Ce-doped Gd 3 …

Spectroscopic gamma camera for use in high dose environments

Y Ueno, I Takahashi, T Ishitsu, T Tadokoro… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We developed a pinhole gamma camera to measure distributions of radioactive material
contaminants and to identify radionuclides in extraordinarily high dose regions (1000 …

Development of a new pinhole camera for imaging in high dose-rate environments

K Sueoka, J Kataoka, M Takabe, Y Iwamoto… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018 - Elsevier
After Fukushima's nuclear disaster in Japan, the decontamination operation is successfully
ongoing, and restrictions from some areas were lifted in April 2017. However, the radiation …

Development of a gamma-ray imager using a large area monolithic 4× 4 MPPC array for a future PET scanner

T Nakamori, T Kato, J Kataoka, T Miura… - Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the development of a monolithic MPPC array, which consists of 3× 3 mm 2
elements arranged as a 4× 4 array manufactured by Hamamatsu applicable to next …

A high sensitivity 4π view gamma imager with a monolithic 3D position-sensitive detector

Q Ye, P Fan, R Wang, Z Lyu, A Hu, Q Wei, Y Xia… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Imaging is an effective way to survey gamma radiation hotspots in nuclear safety, public
health and homeland security applications. The existing gamma imagers either equip a …

Handy Compton camera using 3D position-sensitive scintillators coupled with large-area monolithic MPPC arrays

J Kataoka, A Kishimoto, T Nishiyama, T Fujita… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The release of radioactive isotopes (mainly 137 Cs, 134 Cs and 131 I) from the crippled
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant remains a serious problem in Japan. To help identify …

Radiation imaging system using a Compact Gamma-ray Imager mounted on a remotely operated machine

Y Sato, K Kawabata, S Ozawa, R Izumi, M Kaburagi… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of remote and quick radiation imaging methods for high dose-rate
environments is important to accelerate decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear …

A novel design of the MeV gamma-ray imaging detector with Micro-TPC

R Orito, H Kubo, K Miuchi, T Nagayoshi… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2003 - Elsevier
A new type of MeV gamma-ray imaging detector in the energy band from 0.2 to 30MeV,
based on a gaseous time projection chamber with Micro Pixel Chamber (Micro-TPC), is …