Neutron activation analysis: Techniques and relevant nuclear data

In its first part from a statistical review on the applications of the different methods of activation analysis the practical importance of neutron activation analysis (NAA) and expecially of reactor NAA is made obvious. The techniques - irradiation facilities and γ-spectrometry - are basically described. In the second part the different standardization techniques - absolute method, relative method and single monitor including the k0-method - are presented. The procedure used in the Radioanalytical Section of the ZCH/KFA, which is based on the k0 method - is thoroughly treated. In this section a Table of all nuclear parameters which are required for the calculation of amounts of elements is included. Sources of error are treated including those of the nuclear data. The propagation of the different types of error to the analytical results is discussed in detail. (orig./HP)