Development of in situ fission track analysis for detecting fissile nuclides in contaminated solid particles

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Lee, M H ^a   Douglas, M ^b   Clark, S B ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fissile nuclides; Fission track analysis; Solid particles

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPLATING; FISSION PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

FISSILE NUCLIDES; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS (FTA); SOLID PARTICLES; TRACK DETECTORS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 24144502563     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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