On the categorization of uranium materials using low resolution gamma ray spectrometry
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

In order to characterize uranium materials during e.g. nuclear safeguards inspections and in initial stages of nuclear forensic investigations, hand-held low resolution gamma ray detection instruments with automatic uranium categorization capabilities may be used. In this paper, simulated response curves for a number of matrices applied on NaI(Tl) scintillation detector spectra show that the result of the categorization is strongly dependent on the physical properties of the uranium material. Recommendations on how to minimize the possibility of misclassification are discussed.

Uranium

spectra

Low resolution gamma spectrometry

Categorization

Författare

Anna Vesterlund

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

T. Ulvsand

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

K. Lidstrom

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

Gunnar Skarnemark

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Henrik Ramebäck

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

0969-8043 (ISSN) 18729800 (eISSN)

Vol. 73 54-57

DOI

10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.10.018

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