Published August 2000
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Journal article
Activation of gold by the neutrons from the JCO accident
Description
Gold-198 induced by the JCO criticality accident of 30 September 1999 was measured to evaluate the environmental impact of the neutrons derived from the accident. The number of 198Au atoms at about 370 m from the JCO site was estimated to be as high as 6x106 atoms g-1. The influence of the accident was observed up to 1400 m. The general trend of the neutron fluence as a function of distance from the site was well reproduced by theoretical calculations
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0265931X00000643;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
- Journal Volume
- 50
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 77-82
- ISSN
- 0265-931X
- CODEN
- JERAEE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- Estonia
- INIS RN
- 34063338
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CRITICALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; GOLD 198; JAPAN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON FLUENCE; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GOLD ISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.