Development of a radioxenon measurement system and its application in monitoring Fukushima nuclear accident

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-89

  Xie, Feng ^a   He, Xiaobing ^a   Jiang, Wengang ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Shi, Quanlin ^a   Wu, Shan ^a   Liu, Longbo ^a   Zhang, Changyun ^a   Chen, Liyun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Fukushima nuclear accident; HPGe detector; Internal gas proportional counters; Radioxenon isotopes

Indexed keywords

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HPGE DETECTORS; ITS APPLICATIONS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MINIMUM DETECTABLE ACTIVITIES; RADIOACTIVE CONCENTRATION; RADIOXENON;

CARBON FIBERS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; XENON;

DETECTORS;

CARBON; XENON 133;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888394024     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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