SourceTerm

SourceTerm Software package

H3D^® Visualizer with SourceTerm gives additional capabilities to the Visualizer software included with H3D detectors.
SourceTerm's innovative algorithms discretize sources over surfaces or volumes, producing accurate quantification of sources.

Features

Isotope identification and quantification
Quantification of distributed sources
Calculates total source activity and specific activity
Model pipe, drum, sphere, box, and wall geometries
Compatible with H-, S-, and P-series detectors

Applications

Waste characterization and management
Plant radiochemistry measurements
NORM quantification and classification

This image features the old model of the P series system.

SourceTerm at the Nuclear Industry Proficiency Test Exercise 2019

The H3D H420 was used in conjunction with SourceTerm software package at the Nuclear Industry Proficiency Test Exercise in 2019. Prior to measurment, a waste drum was spiked with Cs-137, Co-60, and Am-241. The location of these isotopes was not disclosed before measurements were taken.

The H420 was able to locate and identify the source package in the upper chamber of the waste drum as Am-241, Co-60, and Cs-137 (shown above). Using SourceTerm in post-processing, the source package was further analyzed and accurately quantified (shown to the left).

More Information

SourceTerm and related systems are patent protected by: U.S. Pat No. 7,411,197 and U.S. Pat No. 7,692,155 under license from the University of Michigan, and U.S. Pat No. 10,032,264.