Modern nuclear analytical techniques and their applications in China

The earliest activities of nuclear analytical techniques (NATs) in China were much later than those in the developed countries, but since the late fifties a vast progress in the development of NATs has been made. This paper will describes some latest achievements in the field of modern nuclear analytical techniques, including molecular activation analysis, scanning proton microscope, accelerator mass spectrometry, synchrotron radiation-based X-ray analytical techniques, and position sensitive spectrometry, etc. and their applications in environmental, biological, geological and material science. The analytical quality assurance and related topics, like new type reference materials for microbeam analysis, biological and environmental specimen banking, and biological monitor for environmental quality survey, will be outlined as well. (author)