Proficiency test for gamma spectroscopic analysis with a simulated fission product reference spectrum

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1334-1339

  Karhu, P ^a   De Geer, L E ^a   McWilliams, E ^a   Plenteda, R ^a   Werzi, R ^a  

^a PTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

CTBT; IMS; Proficiency test; Radionuclide laboratories; Simulated spectrum; VGSL

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT); PROFICIENCY TESTS; RADIONUCLIDE LABORATORIES; SIMULATED SPECTRUM;

EQUIPMENT TESTING;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISSION NEUTRON; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR FISSION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33751077299     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.041     Document Type: Article

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