Use of alpha spectroscopy for conducting rapid surveys of transuranic activity on air sample filters and smears

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-180

  Hayes, Robert B ^a   Peña, Adan M ^a   Goff, Thomas E ^a  

^a Radiological Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Plutonium; Radon progeny; Spectroscopy, alpha

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; FILTER; GAS FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SMEAR; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA PARTICLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; URANIUM;

EID: 22244446419     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000156959.35525.57     Document Type: Article

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