Uranium enrichment measurements using the intensity ratios of self-fluorescence X-rays to 92* keV gamma ray in UXKα spectral region

Talanta

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-417

  Yucel H ^a   Dikmen, H ^b  

^a TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^b Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Center SNRTC   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enrichment measurements; MGAU; Nuclear safeguards; Uranium; X ray fluorescence; Ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; ORE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM; X RAYS;

CALIBRATION CURVES; GAMMA RAY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; MGAU; NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS; URANIUM ENRICHMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 59349100300     PISSN: 00399140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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