Half-life data - A critical review of TECDOC-619 update

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Woods, M J ^a   Collins, S M ^b  

^a Ionising Radiation Metrology Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

64 radionuclides; Evaluations; Half lives; Radioactivity; TECDOC 619 update

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

EFFICIENCY CALIBRATION; NUCLEAR DECAY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 134; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; COPPER 64; GALLIUM; GALLIUM 66; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM 68; IODINE 125; IODINE 129; IRON 55; IRON 59; KRYPTON 85; MANGANESE 54; MOLYBDENUM 99; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SAMARIUM 153; SCANDIUM 46; SELENIUM 75; SODIUM 22; SODIUM 24; STRONTIUM 85; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM 88; ZINC 65;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 1342308210     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.026     Document Type: Article

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