A low-level activation technique for monitoring thermonuclear fusion plasma conditions

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1130-1135

  Gasparro, Joël ^a   Hult, Mikael ^a   Bonheure, Georges ^b   Johnston, Peter N ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Charged particles; Thermonuclear fusion; Ultra low level gamma ray spectrometry; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; IMPURITIES; PLASMAS; SPECTROMETRY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ACTIVATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; THERMONUCLEAR FUSION; ULTRA LOW-LEVEL GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY; VACUUM CHAMBER;

THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; COBALT; FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; RADIOISOTOPE; SCANDIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; VACUUM;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; GASES; HEAT; MICROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR FUSION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33751114441     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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