Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Preface
pp. vii-viii(2)
Author: Winkler G.

Measurement and metrology
pp. 333-335(3)
Author: Giacomo P.

Generalized 4(LS)- tracer method for standardization of pure beta emitters
pp. 336-339(4)
Authors: Chylinski A.; Radoszewski T.

Activity measurement of ²⁰⁴Tl by direct liquid scintillation methods
pp. 340-343(4)
Authors: Simpson B.R.S.; Meyer B.R.

A Compton coincidence study of liquid scintillator response to low-energy electrons
pp. 344-347(4)
Authors: Peron M.N.; Cassette P.

Separation of radioactive strontium by extraction using chromatographic resin
pp. 348-352(5)
Authors: Rodriguez M.; Suarez J.A.; Espartero A.G.

⁴¹Ca standardization by the CIEMAT/NIST LSC method
pp. 353-358(6)
Authors: Barquero L.R.; Los Arcos J.M.

Standardization of pure-beta emitting and electron-capture radionuclides by liquid scintillation counting
pp. 359-362(4)
Authors: Szorenyi A.; Zsinka A.; Vagvolgyi J.

An improved method of correlation counting using a bi-dimensional data acquisition system
pp. 363-367(5)
Authors: Hwang H.Y.; Park T.S.; Kim K.H.; Jeon W.J.; Oh P.J.; Lee M.K.; Han K.H.; Yun H.J.

Digital coincidence counting
pp. 368-374(7)
Authors: Buckman S.M.; Ius D.

Efficiency determination of a 4-detector by numerical simulation
pp. 375-379(5)
Authors: Decombaz M.; Laedermann J.-P.

The pulse mixing method applied to the activity measurement of ⁸⁵Sr
pp. 380-382(3)
Authors: Bouchard J.; Chauvenet B.

Improvement of accuracy of efficiency extrapolation method in 4- coincidence counting
pp. 383-387(5)
Author: Yan C.G.

A comparison of computational models for single electron spectra in photomultiplier tubes
pp. 388-391(4)
Authors: Ortiz F.; Los Arcos J.M.

An improved leakage current compensation technique for a 4 ionization chamber system
pp. 392-396(5)
Authors: Hino Y.; Kawada Y.; Nazaroh

Pile-up effect for a counting channel with amplitude selection and imposed non-cumulative dead time
pp. 397-400(4)
Author: Gostely J.-J.

X-ray detector calibration at CEA/Bruyeres-le-Chatel
pp. 401-406(6)
Authors: Beck L.; Stemmler P.; Ban G.; Villette B.; Frotte V.; Bizeuil C.; Boutin J.-Y.; Nazet C.

Radiochemical analysis of ¹²⁹I in radioactive waste streams
pp. 407-410(4)
Authors: Suarez J.A.; Espartero A.G.; Rodriguez M.

Standardization of ²²⁶Ra radionuclide solutions
pp. 411-413(3)
Authors: Karmalitsyn N.I.; Sepman S.V.; Kharitonov I.A.

Standardization of some electron capture radionuclides
pp. 414-420(7)
Authors: Grigorescu E.L.; Sahagia M.; Razdolescu A.; Ivan C.

Standardization of ⁷⁵Se and X-ray emission probability data
pp. 421-423(3)
Authors: Sazonova T.E.; Zanevsky A.V.; Sepman S.V.

Progress in preparation 4 quantitative sources
pp. 424-426(3)
Authors: Du H.; Liu Y.; Li J.; Yan S.; Li G.; Zhu Y.; Yao L.

Metrology conditions for thin layer activation in wear and corrosion studies
pp. 427-430(4)
Authors: Lacroix O.; Sauvage T.; Blondiaux G.; Racolta P.M.; Popa-Simil L.; Alexandreanu B.

Standardization of U(X₁ + X₂): The ²³⁴Th + ^234mPa + ²³⁰Th mixture
pp. 431-436(6)
Authors: Carles A.G.; Malonda A.G.; Gil V.G.

Covariance methodology applied to uncertainties in I-126 disintegration rate measurements
pp. 437-440(4)
Authors: Fonseca K.A.; Koskinas M.F.; Dias M.S.

Determination of the 6.13 MeV photon emission from the Pu(, n)¹³ source and half life of ¹⁶N
pp. 441-444(4)
Authors: Dryak P.; Novotny T.; Kovar P.; Kralik M.

The ²²²Rn Reference Measurement System developed at ENEA
pp. 445-451(7)
Authors: De Felice P.; Myteberi X.

Absolute measurement of radon 222 activity
pp. 452-457(6)
Author: Picolo J.L.

Intercomparison of measurement of tritiated water by internal proportional gas counting
pp. 458-462(5)
Authors: Makepeace J.L.; Day F.E.; Gunther E.; Unterweger M.P.

Certified reference gas of ⁸⁵Kr in a Marinelli beaker for calibrations of gamma-ray spectrometers
pp. 463-466(4)
Authors: Erbeszkorn L.; Szorenyi A.; Vagvolgyi J.

Activity measurements of radionuclides with highly converted transitions by electron spectrometry
pp. 467-471(5)
Authors: Laurec J.; Adam A.; Le Petit G.; Blanchard X.; Marie O.

Standardisation and measurement of the decay scheme data of ²⁴³Am and ²³⁹Np
pp. 472-476(5)
Authors: Woods S.A.; Woods D.H.; Woods M.J.; Jerome S.M.; Burke M.; Bowles N.E.; Lucas S.E.M.; Walsh C.P.

Reinvestigation of the -decays of ²⁴⁹Cf and ²³³U
pp. 477-485(9)
Authors: Aka A.K.; Ardisson G.; Barci V.; El Samad O.; Trubert D.; Ahmad I.

²³⁹U and ²⁴³Am decay data
pp. 486-490(5)
Authors: Sardari D.; Mahon T.D.M.; Holloway S.P.

Determination of the gamma-ray energies and emission probabilities in the depopulation of ¹⁰⁴Rh nuclear levels using conversion electron data
pp. 491-493(3)
Authors: Sushkov P.A.; Kondurov I.A.; MacMahon T.D.

Precise measurement of the gamma-ray emission probabilities of ³⁸Cl
pp. 494-497(4)
Authors: Miyahara H.; Yoshida A.; Wurdiyanto G.; Hara K.; Yanagida K.; Mori C.

Alpha-particle and electron capture decay of ²⁰⁹Po
pp. 498-502(5)
Authors: Schima F.J.; Colle R.

Emission probability of the weak positron branch in the decay of ²²Na to the ground state of ²²Ne
pp. 503-505(3)
Authors: Saitoh T.; Kawada Y.

Evaluated nuclear structure data file
pp. 506-510(5)
Author: Tuli J.K.

NUBASE: a database of nuclear and decay properties
pp. 511-515(5)
Authors: Audi G.; Bersillon O.; Blachot J.; Wapstra A.H.

Evaluation of activation product decay data
pp. 516-522(7)
Author: Nichols A.L.

An interactive database for decay data
pp. 523-526(4)
Authors: Be M.M.; Duchemin B.; Lame J.

Evaluation of atomic shell data
pp. 527-533(7)
Authors: Schonfeld E.; Janszen H.

Half-life of ⁹⁰Sr - measurement and critical review
pp. 534-538(5)
Authors: Woods M.J.; Lucas S.E.M.

Cosmic ray interaction study with low-level Ge-spectrometry
pp. 539-543(5)
Author: Heusser G.

Effect of background radiation shielding on natural radioactivity distribution measurement with imaging plate
pp. 544-546(3)
Authors: Mori C.; Suzuki T.; Koido S.; Uritani A.; Miyahara H.; Yanagida K.; Miyahara J.; Takahashi K.

In situ gamma-spectrometry intercomparison exercise in Salzburg, Austria
pp. 547-551(5)
Authors: Lettner H.; Andrasi A.; Hubmer A.K.; Lovranich E.; Steger F.; Zombori P.

Characterization of large-area reference sources for the calibration of beta-contamination monitors
pp. 552-556(5)
Authors: Janszen H.; Klein R.

Study of neutron and muon background in low-level germanium gamma-ray spectrometry
pp. 557-562(6)
Authors: Wordel R.; Mouchel D.; Altzitzoglou T.; Heusser G.; Arnes B.Q.; Meynendonckx P.

Investigation of standard sources for determination of natural radioactivity
pp. 563-565(3)
Authors: Sepman S.V.; Galloway R.B.

A new low background gamma spectrometer equipped with an anti-cosmic device
pp. 566-571(6)
Authors: Laurec J.; Blanchard X.; Pointurier F.; Adam A.

Gamma spectrometry calibrations with natural radioactive materials
pp. 572-573(2)
Author: Pantelic G.

Low level gamma-spectrometry by beta coincidence
pp. 574-577(4)
Author: Grigorescu E.L.

Optimization of sample geometries in low-level gamma spectroscopy
pp. 578-581(4)
Author: Klemola S.

Alpha-particle spectroscopy with TASTRAK (CR-39 type) plastic, and its application to the measurement of hot particles
pp. 582-587(6)
Authors: Bondarenko O.A.; Salmon P.L.; Henshaw D.L.; Fews A.P.; Ross A.N.

Determination of plutonium in nuclear materials with the combination of alpha and gamma spectrometry
pp. 588-592(5)
Authors: Parus J.L.; Raab W.

FITBOR: a new program for the analysis of complex alpha spectra
pp. 593-596(4)
Authors: Sanchez A.M.; Montero P.R.; Tome F.V.

Determination of the ²⁴⁰Pu/²³⁹Pu atom ratio in low activity environmental samples by alpha spectrometry and spectral deconvolution
pp. 597-602(6)
Authors: Vintro L.L.; Mitchell P.I.; Condren O.M.; Moran M.; Vives i Batlle J.; Sanchez-Cabeza J.A.

Characterization of alpha sources by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry
pp. 603-607(5)
Authors: Calabuig J.L.F.; Sanchez A.M.; Garcia C.R.; Ferrando J.R.; da Silva M.F.; Soares J.C.; Tome F.V.

A comparative study of minimization methods in the fitting of alpha-particle spectra
pp. 608-612(5)
Author: Garcia-Torano E.

A method for the preparation of very thin and uniform -radioactive sources
pp. 613-616(4)
Authors: Becerril-Vilchis A.; Cortes A.; Dayras F.; de Sanoit J.

Performance of large volume CsI(Tl) scintillators coupled to silicon photodiodes in gamma-ray spectroscopy
pp. 617-621(5)
Authors: Prat V.; Simon H.; Kazandjian A.

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) miniature probes for nuclear fuel gamma-ray spectrometry
pp. 622-626(5)
Authors: Hage-Ali M.; Koebel J.M.; Siffert P.; Prat V.; Simon H.

Enhancement of Compton suppression ratios in anti-Compton techniques: the Garching and Karlsruhe photon spectrometers
pp. 627-633(7)
Authors: Wahl W.; Degering D.; Lierse C.; Lin X.

Gamma-ray spectra deconvolution by maximum-entropy methods
pp. 634-636(3)
Author: Los Arcos J.

Energy resolution enhancement of CdTe semiconductor detector spectra by using a neural network algorithm
pp. 637-641(5)
Authors: Takenaka Y.; Uritani A.; Inoue K.; Sakai H.; Kubota O.; Toyokawa H.; Mori C.

Statistical modelling of neural networks in -spectrometry
pp. 642-647(6)
Authors: Vigneron V.; Morel J.; Lepy M.C.; Martinez J.M.

Energy calibration procedure for -radiation and conversion electron spectra using level scheme a priori information
pp. 648-650(3)
Authors: Kabina L.P.; Kondurov I.A.; Sushkov P.A.

A new spectra processing code applied to the analysis of ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U in the 60 to 200 keV energy range
pp. 651-656(6)
Authors: Ruellan H.; Lepy M.C.; Etcheverry M.; Plagnard J.; Morel J.

Use of activated samples to determine unknown components by gamma-ray spectrometry based on internal calibration
pp. 657-664(8)
Authors: Cincu E.; Heydorn K.

An evaluation of the influence of - angular correlation on the coincidence-summing corrections in -ray spectrometry
pp. 665-670(6)
Authors: Roteta M.; Garcia-Torano E.

Reduction of -ray background in the use of 32 keV X-rays from ¹³⁷Cs sources by a gating method with a thin plastic scintillation detector
pp. 671-675(5)
Authors: Kawada Y.; Mogi J.; Hino Y.

Characterisation of the spectral distribution of scattered photons for the French national primary ⁶⁰Co beam
pp. 676-680(5)
Authors: Morel J.; Etcheverry M.; Vallee M.

Determination of the activities of inhomogeneous samples by gamma spectrometry using energy-dependent self-absorption
pp. 681-683(3)
Authors: Korun M.; Martincic R.; Merkan M.

The influence of backing and covering materials on the 2-counting efficiencies of beta-particle sources
pp. 684-688(5)
Authors: Berger M.J.; Unterweger M.P.; Hutchinson J.M.R.

Effect of bremsstrahlung and Compton-electron induced summing on Ge-detector photopeak shapes
pp. 689-692(4)
Authors: Kishikawa T.; Yonezawa C.; Matsue H.; Ito Y.; Sawahata H.

Combined beta/gamma-radiation and bremsstrahlung monitor for measurements of incorporated radionuclides: the ⁹⁰Sr in-vivo counter
pp. 693-697(5)
Authors: Wahl W.; Maushart R.; Konig K.; Hornung-Lauxmann L.; Burkart W.

Calibration of the NPL secondary standard radionuclide calibrator for ³²P, ⁸⁹Sr and ⁹⁰Y
pp. 698-702(5)
Authors: Woods M.J.; Munster A.S.; Sephton J.P.; Lucas S.E.M.; Walsh C.P.

¹³¹I diagnosis and therapy capsules and low dose rate ¹²⁵I and ¹³⁷Cs brachytherapy sources. Calibration of the NPL secondary standard radionuclide calibrator
pp. 703-708(6)
Authors: Walsh C.P.; Woods M.J.; Sephton J.P.; Woods S.A.; Lucas S.E.M.; Rossiter M.J.; Williams T.T.; Bass G.A.

Radioactivity standards for ¹⁹²Ir brachytherapy sources
pp. 709-712(4)
Authors: Genka T.; Iwamoto S.; Juita E.; Takeuchi N.

Radionuclide analyses of urine samples: results of an intercomparison
pp. 713-717(5)
Authors: Dalheimer A.R.; Beyer D.; Gunther E.W.; Henrichs K.

Proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard fortraceability of radioactivity sources to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
pp. 718-721(4)
Author: Montgomery D.M.