Development of plastic scintillator based primary standard for activity measurements and its performance evaluation

4πβ-γ coincidence technique is a powerful tool and widely recognised method to determine the absolute activity concentration of radioactive solutions. A new plastic scintillator based coincidence system has been developed and established as a primary standard for radioactivity measurements. The performance of the system was evaluated by the standardisation of ⁶⁰Co radioactive solution due to its simple decay scheme. The activity concentration results obtained by the new system were compared with the existing proportional counter and liquid scintillation based 4πβ-γ coincidence systems. This paper discusses the design details of the new system and its performance evaluation.