Published 1984 | Version v1
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Absolute calibration technique for spontaneous fission sources

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Description

An absolute calibration technique for a spontaneously fissioning nuclide (which involves no arbitrary parameters) allows unique determination of the detector efficiency for that nuclide, hence of the fission source strength

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 as DE84013232.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
21 p.
Report number
BNL--34806

Conference

Title
6. annual symposium on safeguards and nuclear material management.
Dates
14-18 May 1984.
Place
Venice (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16011385
Subject category
S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIUM 252; EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLICITY; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PROMPT NEUTRONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; SAFEGUARDS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BARYONS; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; FISSION; FISSION NEUTRONS; HADRONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-840531--13.