The assessment of plutonium and americium in contaminated wounds with high energy resolution semiconductor detectors

Jean Louis Genicot, Frank Hardeman, Stephan Oberstedt

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    Abstract

    A simple to use method was installed for the measurement of wounds contaminated with plutonium and americium by using a semiconductor detector. This technique does not explicitly require the knowledge of the detector efficiency but uses a plant 241Am calibration source. A computer programme has also been developed for the quantification of the contamination according to the shape and the depth of the contaminant in the wound.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)199-203
    Number of pages5
    JournalApplied Radiation and Isotopes
    Volume46
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 1995

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Radiation

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