Low level radioactivity measurements with phoswich detectors using coincident techniques and digital pulse processing analysis

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1553-1557

  de la Fuente, R ^a   de Celis, B ^a   del Canto, V ^a   Lumbreras, J M ^a   de Celis Alonso, B ^b   Martin Martin A ^c,d   Gutierrez Villanueva, J L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratorio LIBRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

; Actinides; Coincidence; Digital pulse shape discrimination; Phoswich; PSD; Transuranic

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DETECTORS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; FISSION PRODUCTS; GERMANIUM; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION;

COINCIDENCE; COINCIDENCE TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL PULSE PROCESSING; DIGITAL PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; LOW ENERGIES; LOW-RADIOACTIVITY; MINIMUM DETECTABLE ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; PHOSWICH; PHOSWICH DETECTORS; PSD; PULSE ANALYSIS; RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; TRANSURANIC; UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

ACTINIDE; GERMANIUM;

ACTINIDE; DETECTION METHOD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GERMANIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY;

RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 50249146865     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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