Self-attenuation correction factors for bioindicators measured by spectrometry for energies

✍ Scribed by L. Manduci; L. Tenailleau; J.L. Trolet; A. De Vismes; G. Lopez; M. Piccione

• Book ID: 104067158
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 292 KB
• Volume: 613
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.022

✦ Synopsis

The mass attenuation coefficients for a number of marine and terrestrial bioindicators were measured using g spectrometry for energies between 22 and 80 keV.

These values were then used to find the correction factor k for the apparent radioactivity. The experimental results were compared with a Monte Carlo simulation performed using PENELOPE in order to evaluate the reliability of the simplified calculation and to determine the correction factors.