Effective determination of the long-lived nuclide 41Ca in nuclear reactor bioshield concretes: Comparison of liquid scintillation counting and accelerator mass spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1901-1906

  Warwick, P E ^a   Croudace, I W ^a   Hillegonds, D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; LIQUID-SCINTILLATION COUNTING; RADIOMETRIC DETECTIONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRACEABLE CALIBRATIONS;

CALCIUM ALLOYS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOSIMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM 41; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 64749094101     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac802225a     Document Type: Article

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