Determination of 137Cs contamination depth distribution in building structures using geostatistical modeling of ISOCS measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-36

  Boden, Sven ^a   Rogiers, Bart ^a,b   Jacques, Diederik ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Facility decontamination and decommissioning; Geostatistics; In situ gamma spectroscopy; In Situ Object Counting System (ISOCS); Site radiological characterization

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STRUCTURE; DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; OBJECT COUNTING;

DECONTAMINATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOLOGY; SURGE TANKS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS);

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; IN SITU OBJECT COUNTING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BUILDING MATERIAL; NUCLEAR REACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; FACILITY DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING; IN SITU GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; IN SITU OBJECT COUNTING SYSTEM (ISOCS); SITE RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

FACILITY DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING; GEOSTATISTICS; IN SITU GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; IN SITU OBJECT COUNTING SYSTEM (ISOCS); SITE RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84878394804     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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