Discrimination of naturally occurring radioactive material in plastic scintillator material

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1672-1676

  Ely, J H ^a   Kouzes, R T ^a   Geelhood, B D ^a   Schweppe, J E ^a   Warner, R A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border security; NORM; Plastic scintillator; Radiation portal monitors

Indexed keywords

BORDER SECURITY; NATURAL OCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM); PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RADIATION PORTAL MONITORS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTICS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 4444346507     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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