Dating the age of a nuclear event by gamma spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Nir El, Y ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age of nuclear event; Non isobaric fission products; Parent daughter fission products

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

GAMMA SPECTROMETRY;

FISSION REACTIONS;

URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FISSION NEUTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1442282974     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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