IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project: Update of X-ray and γ-ray decay data standards for detector calibration and other applications

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Nichols, Alan L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decay data standards; Half lives; High energy ray emissions; X ray emission probabilities; ray emission probabilities; coincidence

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; STANDARDS; X RAYS;

DECAY DATA; GAMMA RAY EMISSION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

CERIUM 141; CERIUM 144; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; COPPER 64; GALLIUM 68; GOLD 198; IODINE 123; IODINE 125; IODINE 129; IODINE 131; IRON 55; IRON 59; KRYPTON 85; MANGANESE 54; MERCURY 203; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; SAMARIUM 153; SCANDIUM 46; SELENIUM 75; SODIUM 22; SODIUM 24; STRONTIUM 85; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC 65;

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD EMISSION; GAMMA RADIATION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY;

EID: 1342308214     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.025     Document Type: Article

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