Thermal neutron fluence from ultra low-level γ-ray spectrometry of spoons activated during the JCO criticality accident at Tokai-mura in 1999

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-318

  Hult, Mikael ^a   Canet, Marı́a José Martı́nez ^a   Johnston, Peter N ^a   Komura, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

51Cr; 60Co; JCO accident; Thermal neutron flux; Underground laboratory; ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; IRRADIATION; SPECTROMETRY;

THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCE;

NEUTRONS;

CHROMIUM 51; COBALT 60; STAINLESS STEEL;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; JAPAN; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; SAMPLING;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR MOVEMENTS; CALIBRATION; CHROMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; HALF-LIFE; JAPAN; NEUTRONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0036131136     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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