Hot particle detection using uncertainties in activity measurements of soil

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-477

  Nageldinger, Guido ^a   Flowers, Alan ^b   Henry, Brian ^b   Postaük, Julie ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Hot particles; Soil; Spectroscopy, gamma

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL;

EID: 0031936911     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199804000-00009     Document Type: Article

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