IP Library Granted Patent US 10,877,165
Granted Patent B2
US 10,877,165 · App. 15/777,164 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Dosimeter container and dosage measuring body

Inventors: Hideaki Usui (Tokyo, JP); Hidaka Furuya (Aichi, JP); Maki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Hidenori Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
G01T1/02A61N5/10G01T7/02G21F3/00G21F5/06A61N2005/109
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Patent No.
US 10,877,165
App. No.
15/777,164
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dosimeter container comprising a housing portion and a shield portion that surrounds the housing portion is provided. The housing portion houses a radiation dosage measuring device for measuring a dosage of predetermined radiation other than neutron radiation. The shield portion is composed of a member made of a material that transmits predetermined radiation and shields neutron radiation. The shield portion is a LiF sintered body, in particular, a 6 LiF sintered body. Further, the shield portion includes at least two or more shield portion components (a body portion and a lid portion), in which adjacent members can abutt against each other. The housing portion is same size as or larger than the size of the radiation dosage measuring device; and the housing portion extends over the entirety of the components. The dosimeter container is preferably used as a dosage measuring body having a radiation dosage measuring device stored in the housing portion.

Claims (10)

1. A dosimeter container comprising: a housing portion for housing a radiation dosage measuring device for measuring a dosage of predetermined radiation other than neutron radiation; and

a shield portion surrounding the housing portion and including at least a LiF sintered body, the LiF sintered body transmitting the predetermined radiation to be measured with the radiation dosage measuring device but blocking neutron radiation,

wherein the LiF sintered body is a 6 LiF sintered body including 6 LiF and has a relative density of 83% or more to 90% or less which is obtained by dividing the density of the sintered body by a theoretical density equal to 2.64 g/cm 3 of LiF and multiplying the resulting value by 100.

2. The dosimeter container according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined radiation is gamma radiation.

3. The dosimeter container according to claim 1 , wherein the shield portion includes at least two or more shield portion components, and adjacent shield portion components of the at least two or more shield portion components that have mutually abuttable structures.

4. The dosimeter container according to claim 3 , wherein the adjacent shield portion components have mutually fittable structures.

5. The dosimeter container according to claim 4 , wherein the housing portion has a size the same as or larger than the size of the radiation dosage measuring device, and

the housing portion extends over the entirety of the shield portion components.

6. The dosimeter container according to claim 5 , wherein a shortest distance from an inner surface of the housing portion to outer surfaces of the shield portion components is constant.

7. A dosage measuring body, comprising the radiation dosage measuring device housed in the housing portion of the dosimeter container according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2018
From: USUI, HIDEAKI; FURUYA, HIDAKA; TAKAHASHI, MAKI; ISHIKAWA, HIDENORI
To: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045846/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/JP2017/013684 · Mar 31, 2017 · international
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200124743A1 · Apr 23, 2020