Standardization method of 22Na using two NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors

A new standardization method for a sealed 22Na point source was developed utilizing two NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors. In the proposed method, the count rates of annihilation radiation, gamma rays, their coincidence sum, and the coincidences between the two detectors are used. The equations from which the source activity can be deduced are derived in this work. A series of EGS-5 Monte Carlo calculations were conducted to test the validity of the expressions. The calculated activity agreed within approximately 1 percent with the literature data used as input in the simulations.