Underground measurements of radioactivity

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 167-172

  Laubenstein, M ^a   Hult, M ^b   Gasparro, J ^b   Arnold, D ^c   Neumaier, S ^c   Heusser, G ^d   Kohler M ^e   Povinec, P ^f   Reyss, J L ^g   Schwaiger, M ^h   Theodorsson P ⁱ  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^e Verein F Kernverfahrenstechnik A   (Germany)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Low level gamma ray spectrometry; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BETA DECAY; MATERIALS SELECTION;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 2942514520     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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