Detection of radioactive particles offshore by γ-ray spectrometry Part I: Monte Carlo assessment of detection depth limits

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 525, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 593-609

  Maucec M ^a,b   De Meijer, R J ^a   Rigollet, C ^a   Hendriks, P H G M ^a,d   Jones, D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Stiftelsen Polytec   (Norway)

Author keywords

ray spectrometry offshore; 137Cs radioactive particles; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

Γ-RAY SPECTROMETRY OFFSHORE; 137CS RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 2942587351     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.074     Document Type: Article

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