Uncertainty evaluation in gamma spectrometric measurements: Uncertainty propagation versus Monte Carlo simulation
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

Calculation and reporting of combined measurement uncertainties are important in decision making processes, and a more proper uncertainty estimation can reduce the risk and/or the cost associated with decisions for example after radiological incidents and in free release measurements of radioactive waste. However, sound decisions demand a sound uncertainty estimation. In this work we present the possible consequences when uncertainty propagation is applied to gamma-ray spectrometry measurements involving assumed probability density functions for an efficiency transfer having different metrological quality by comparison with Monte Carlo simulations.

Conformity assessment

Uncertainty propagation

Monte Carlo

Decision making

GUM

Författare

Henrik Ramebäck

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

P. Lindgren

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

0969-8043 (ISSN) 18729800 (eISSN)

Vol. 142 71-76

Ämneskategorier

Övrig annan teknik

Annan samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Sannolikhetsteori och statistik

DOI

10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.09.024

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2019-01-28