Determination of 235U, 239Pu, 240Pu, and 241Am in a nuclear bomb particle using a position-sensitive α-γ Coincidence technique

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1528-1533

  Peräjärvi, Kari A ^a   Ihantola, Sakari ^a   Pöllänen, Roy C ^a   Toivonen, Harri I ^a   Turunen, Jani A ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM RATIO; COINCIDENCE COUNTING; COINCIDENCE TECHNIQUES; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NUCLEAR BOMBS; POSITION SENSITIVE;

ISOTOPES;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE);

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; URANIUM 235; PLUTONIUM;

DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPON; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; GAMMA RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

GAMMA RAYS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM;

EID: 79951619898     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1033734     Document Type: Article

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