The multiple-element gamma assay (MEGA) is a low-background detector designed to support environmental monitoring and national security applications. MEGA also demonstrates technology needed or Majorana, a next generation neutrino mass experiment. It will also exploit multicoincidence signatures to identify specific radioactive isotopes. MEGA is expected to begin testing in late 2003 for eventual installation at the Waste Isolation Plant, Carlsbad, NM.
Revised: March 9, 2005 |
Published: June 1, 2004
Citation
Kazkaz K., C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Hossbach, V.M. Gehman, J. Kephart, and H.S. Miley. 2004.MEGA: A Low-Background Radiation Detector.IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 51, no. 3:1029-1033.PNNL-SA-42642.