Low-background gamma spectrometry for environmental radioactivity

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-223

  Semkow, T M ^a,b   Parekh, P P ^a   Schwenker, C D ^a   Khan, A J ^a   Bari, A ^a   Colaresi, J F ^c   Tench, O K ^c   David, G ^d   Guryn, W ^d  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Canberra Industries Inc   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma spectroscopy; Low background; Radium 228

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ISOTOPES; SHIELDING; SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING;

RADIATION;

DRINKING WATER; GERMANIUM; RADIUM 228;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0036269401     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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