Use of data from environmental sampling for IAEA safeguards. Case study: Uranium with near-natural 235U abundance

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 725-729

  Axelsson, A ^a   Fischer, D M ^a   Penkin M V ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental sampling; IAEA; Isotopic; Mass spectrometry; Nuclear safeguards; Particle analysis; Swipe sampling; Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM 235;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION DETECTION;

EID: 72449180822     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0149-9     Document Type: Article

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