Published January 2009 | Version v1
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Application of the sum-peak method to activity standardizations of extended 60Co sources

Creators

  • 1. Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 2. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Department 6.1, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig (Germany)

Description

The sum-peak method was successfully applied to the determination of the activity of extended 60Co sources measured on a HPGe detector. Monte Carlo simulations were used to account for the effects of the spatial variation of the efficiency across the sample volume and for the angular correlations between the emitted gamma rays. The determined activities agree with the reference values within a range of 1.0%

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.08.007

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.08.007;
PII
S0969-8043(08)00413-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 160-163
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40043374
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR CORRELATION; COBALT 60; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEAKS; STANDARDIZATION
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALCULATION METHODS; COBALT ISOTOPES; CORRELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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