THE ASSESSMENT OF PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM IN CONTAMINATED WOUNDS WITHHIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION SEMICONDUCTOR-DETECTORS

Authors
GENICOT JL HARDEMAN F OBERSTEDT S
Citation
Jl. Genicot et al., THE ASSESSMENT OF PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM IN CONTAMINATED WOUNDS WITHHIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION SEMICONDUCTOR-DETECTORS, Applied radiation and isotopes, 46(3), 1995, pp. 199-203
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN journal
09698043 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
199 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8043(1995)46:3<199:TAOPAA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A simple to use method was installed for the measurement of wounds con taminated with plutonium and americium by using a semiconductor detect or. This technique does not explicitly require the knowledge of the de tector efficiency but uses a plant Am-241 calibration source. A comput er programme has also been developed for the quantification of the con tamination according to the shape and the depth of the contaminant in the wound.