Published 2005 | Version v1
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Quantification of uncertainty in gamma spectrometric analysis of food and environmental samples

Creators

  • 1. Malaysian Inst. for Nuclear Technology Research MINT, Bangi (Malaysia). Industrial Technology Div.

Description

Gamma Spectrometry is widely used to determine the activity of gamma-ray emitter radionuclide inside a sample. Reporting the activity of the measurement for a sample should not be a single value only but it shall be associated with a reasonable uncertainty value since disintegration of radionuclide is a random/spontaneous process. This paper will focus on how the uncertainty was estimated, quantified and calculated, when measuring the activity of Cs-134 and Cs-137 in food and Ra-226, Ra-228 and K-40 in the environmental samples. (Author)

Availability note (English)

Available at Malaysian Inst. for Nuclear Technology Research (MINT), Bangi, Malaysia; Ainon@mint.gov.my

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Malaysian Inst. for Nuclear Technology Research MINT
Imprint Place
Bangi (Malaysia)
Imprint Pagination
11 p.

Conference

Title
2005 MINT Technical Convention
Dates
15-17 Aug 2005
Place
Bandar Baru Bangi (Malaysia)

INIS

Country of Publication
Malaysia
Country of Input or Organization
Malaysia
INIS RN
36093994
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; FOOD; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RANDOMNESS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES