A non-destructive method to determine the depth of radionuclides in materials in-situ

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-88

  Naessens, E P ^a,b   Xu, X G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Gamma; Gamma radiation; Radioactive materials; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033061234     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199907000-00013     Document Type: Article

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