IAEA-MEL's underground counting laboratory in Monaco - Background characteristics of HPGe detectors with anti-cosmic shielding

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Povinec, P P ^a   Comanducci, J F ^a   Levy Palomo, I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Anti cosmic shielding; Cosmic muons; Detector background; HPGe detectors; Lead shielding of detectors; Low level gamma ray spectrometry; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PLASTIC; RADIOISOTOPE; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ENERGY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONACO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 2942574445     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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