Database driven analysis for nuclide quantification by gamma spectra

For a set of a priori given radionuclides, extracted from a general nuclide data library, the authors use median estimates of the gamma-peak areas and estimates of their errors to produce a list of possible radionuclides matc hing gamma-ray line(s) and some measure of the reliability of this assignme nt. An a priori determined list of nuclides is obtained by searching for a match with the energy information of the database. This procedure is perfor med in an interactive graphic mode by markers that superimpose the energy i nformation provided by a general gamma-ray data library on the spectral dat a. This library of experimental data includes approximately 17,000 gamma-en ergy lines related to 756 known gamma emitter radionuclides listed by ICRP. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.