In situ measurements of gamma-ray intensity from radon progeny in rainwater

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-30

  Horng, Ming Chi ^a,b   Jiang, Shiang Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HPGe; HPIC; In situ measurement; Radon progeny; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GAMMA RAYS; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RAIN;

CLOUD DROPLETS; RAINWATER;

RADON;

EID: 0348222224     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00285-3     Document Type: Article

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