Assessment of the detection efficiency calibration of high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers by EGSnrc and MCNP6.2 Monte Carlo codes

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dc.authoridSayin, Sefa/0000-0001-8440-6443
dc.authoridSENTURK LULE, SENEM/0000-0002-6632-5831
dc.authoridYeltepe, Emin/0000-0003-0721-7184
dc.authoridSEFERINOGLU, Meryem/0000-0002-3260-6598
dc.authoridCetin, Berkay/0000-0001-5329-6552
dc.contributor.authorSayin, Sefa
dc.contributor.authorSeferinoglu, Meryem
dc.contributor.authorYeltepe, Emin
dc.contributor.authorCetin, Berkay
dc.contributor.authorLule, Senem Senturk
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:38:14Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:38:14Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractDetermination of the activity content of radionuclides with high accuracy and precision with gamma-ray spectrometry is strongly based on the detection efficiency calibration of the detector. The detector efficiency calibration is determined with standard reference sources and/or Monte Carlo codes. The current study provides methodology that can be used to generate efficiency curve with simulations instead of experiments. As a result, the need for additional experiments can be reduced. The implementation of a specific script written on EGSnrc Monte Carlo code was investigated to calculate the detection efficiency with high-level accuracy for high-purity germanium (HPGe) spectrometry. For this purpose, two HPGe detectors (ORTEC and PGT) used routinely in the activity measurement of gamma emitting radionuclides were modelled with EGSnrc code to obtain detection efficiencies for 40-2000 keV energy range. The detector models were benchmarked against MCNP6.2 Monte Carlo code with a hypothetical source geometry. The code-to-code comparison between EGSnrc and MCNP6.2 codes indicted that the codes can be used to generate a reliable detection efficiency curve. The benchmark results showed that median arithmetic deviations of the efficiencies of ORTEC and PGT detectors are found as 0.88% and 1.69%, respectively. The experimental studies were performed with 22Na, 57Co, 60Co, 137Cs, and 241Am standard disc sources for the ORTEC detector and with in-house prepared 152Eu sandwich-type source for the PGT detector. The sources were counted in the energy range of 59.5-1408 keV. The efficiency values from simulations were used in the calculation of the activities of the aforementioned gamma sources with a mathematical formula and resulting measured activity values were compared with reference activity values given in the certificates. In addition, the applicability of spreadsheet approach that is usually used to determine the combined standard uncertainty for alpha-particle spectrometry was investigated for gamma-ray spectrometry. The performance of the recommended procedure was scored in terms of relative bias, z-score, u-test, trueness, and precision. The activity results obtained with simulated efficiencies showed good agreement with certified values.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110601
dc.identifier.issn0969-806X
dc.identifier.issn1879-0895
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85140628314
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110601
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/6103
dc.identifier.volume203
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000886930900010
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofRadiation Physics and Chemistry
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectGamma-ray spectrometry
dc.subjectEfficiency calibration
dc.subjectMonte Carlo simulation
dc.subjectActivity measurement
dc.subjectMeasurement uncertainty
dc.titleAssessment of the detection efficiency calibration of high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers by EGSnrc and MCNP6.2 Monte Carlo codes
dc.typeArticle

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