A method for determining the analytical form of a radionuclide depth distribution using multiple gamma spectrometry measurements

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-588

  Dewey, Steven Clifford ^a   Whetstone, Zachary David ^b   Kearfott, Kimberlee Jane ^b  

^a Health Physics Branch Radiation Analysis Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Environmental radioactivity; Gamma spectrometry; Germanium detector; In situ measurements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CONCRETE BUILDING STRUCTURES; CORE SAMPLING; CURSORY EXAMINATION; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY VARIATION; SINGLE SITES; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECOMMISSIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GERMANIUM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 79955945546     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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