Determination of the 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in low activity environmental samples by alpha spectrometry and spectral deconvolution

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 369, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 597-602

  Leon Vintro L ^a   Mitchell, P I ^a   Condren, O M ^a   Moran, M ^b   Vives I Batlle, J ^a   Sanchez Cabeza J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0004816659     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)80059-3     Document Type: Article

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