Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Development of simulated air filters for gamma-ray spectrometry proficiency testing

  • 1. ENEA, Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti (INMRI), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, I-00123 Rome (Italy)

Description

A set of 60 spiked simulated air filter sources was developed for the 2004-2005 proficiency test of the Italian radioactivity surveillance network. Each simulated filter source was prepared by reproducible volumetric dispensing of 19 drops of a mixed radioactive solution containing Co-57, Cs-134, Cs-137, Co-60 and Eu-152. The spiking pattern was investigated and optimized by numerical simulations. The filter sources were checked by double counting on HPGe and NaI(Tl) detectors. The standard deviation (SD) of activity values was 1.5%.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.010

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.010;
PII
S0969-8043(10)00026-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
7-8
Journal Page Range
p. 1240-1246
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
17. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
Acronym
ICRM 2009
Dates
7-11 Sep 2009
Place
Bratislava (Slovakia)

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