Comparison of optimised germanium gamma spectrometry and multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the determination of 134Cs, 137Cs and 154Eu single ratios in highly burnt UO2

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

Volumn 589, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-435

  Caruso, S ^a,b   Gunther Leopold I ^a   Murphy, M F ^a   Jatuff, F ^a   Chawla, R ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High burnup; High resolution gamma spectrometry; Light water reactors; Multicollector ICP MS; Spent fuel

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EUROPIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; TRACE ANALYSIS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC CONCENTRATION RATIOS;

SPENT FUELS;

EID: 43049156534     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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