REALISATION OF RADIONUCLIDES ACTIVITY UNIT USING THE LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING (LSC)
Ryszard Broda
ryszard.broda@polatom.plNational Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM (Poland)
Tomasz Dziel
National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM (Poland)
Tomasz Ziemek
National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM (Poland)
Anna Listkowska
National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM (Poland)
Abstract
Registration of the effects of interaction of the radiation emitted after radioactive decay enables determination of activity of a given material expressed in becquerels (Bq). Measurements in a frame of international comparisons of 14C activity using the triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) method and of 177Lu activity using the 4p(LS)-g coincidence and anticoincidence method, where the liquid scintillation technique (LSC) was used, were described. Specificity of short-lived radionuclides activity determination was discussed.
Keywords:
radionuclide activity, liquid scintillators, LSC techniqueReferences
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Ryszard Brodaryszard.broda@polatom.pl
National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM Poland
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Tomasz DzielNational Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM Poland
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Tomasz ZiemekNational Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM Poland
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Anna ListkowskaNational Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM Poland
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