Procedure (Metric Units)
1. Aach the Wipe Test Plate and power on the Inspector. Make sure the Inspector is in Total/Timer
mode, displaying COUNTS.
2. Place the Inspector in the locaon where the eciency calibraon will be performed and take a count
of at least ten minutes. Mulply the acquision me by 60 to convert it from minutes to seconds.
Divide the total number counts by the acquision me (in seconds) to calculate the background
counng rate (RB) in cps. Record this value.
3. Center the rst source to be used into the Wipe Test Holder and take a count of at least one minute.
Divide the total number of counts by the counng me (in seconds) to calculate the gross count
rate (gcps or RG).
4. Calculate the eciency using the following equaon:
Where
E is instrument eciency in counts per disintegraon
RG is the gross count rate in counts per second (cps)
RB is the background count rate in cps
A is the acvity of the source in disintegraons per second (dps) or
becquerels (Bq)
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for addional radionuclides.
6. If you would like to record eciency values in the Inspector’s memory for any of the supported
radionuclides (14C, 35S, 137Cs, 32P, 60Co, 90Sr/90Y, 131I, ALPHA), connue with the following steps.
7. Connect the Inspector to the PC running Observer USB using the USB cable. An applicaon window for
the Inspector should open within a few seconds.
8. Display the control panel by clicking View|Cal Panel…
9. Enter the updated eciencies in the appropriate elds.
10. If you would like the Inspector to display in acvity units (i.e., DPM) for a specic source instead of the
count rate (CPM), select it from the Applied Isotope dropdown box. Otherwise, leave as None
(cpm/cps).
11. When all relevant values have been updated, click the Update Sengs buon. Aer a second or two
the Inspector should beep twice to acknowledge receiving the updated sengs.
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