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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/énergie Atomique Du Canada Limitée, Chalk River, CA;
Nicholas Simpson, Chalk River, CA;
Emily Li, Chalk River, CA;
Tim Harris, Chalk River, CA;
Daniel Cadieux, Chalk River, CA;
Shuwei Yue, Chalk River, CA;
Guy Leblond, Chalk River, CA;
Liqian Li, Chalk River, CA;
Ghaouti Bentoumi, Chalk River, CA;
Stephen Cudmore, Chalk River, CA;
Abstract
A method of detecting alpha particles may include providing a layer of a scintillating slurry comprising a granular scintillating material in water onto a measurement surface of a sample; positioning the sample having the scintillating slurry within a detection chamber of detection apparatus; detecting photons produced by the granular scintillating material in the scintillating slurry when the granular scintillating material is excited by ionizing alpha radiation emitted by alpha particles within the sample using a photon detector and generating a corresponding output signal; and removing the sample and the scintillating slurry from the detection chamber.