Experimental determination of the 233U half-life

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-449

  Pomme S ^a   Altzitzoglou, T ^a   Van Ammel, R ^a   Sibbens, G ^a   Eykens, R ^a   Richter, S ^a   Camps, J ^a   Kossert, K ^b   Janen, H ^b   Garcia Torao E ^c   Durn, T ^c   Jaubert, F ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CONCENTRATION OF; DISINTEGRATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIQUID-SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PARTICLE COUNTING; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SOLID ANGLE; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WEIGHTED MEAN;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 70350683840     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/5/007     Document Type: Article

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