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Delayed neutron counting at CIAE

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The facility for delayed neutron counting was built at the China Institute of Atomic Energy in the 1980s. A method of normalized decaying curve of delayed neutron is proposed in this work. Preliminary experiments show that this method is suitable for the determinations of uranium in samples with a wide range of uranium concentrations.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11175264, 11275276).

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  1. Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Xinzhen, Beijing, 102413, China

    Caijin Xiao, Guojun Yuan, Xiangchun Jin, Yonggang Yao, Long Hua, Guiying Zhang & Pingsheng Wang

  2. Beijing Institute of Occupational Medicine for Chemical Industry, Beijing, 100093, China

    Jue Li, Guiying Zhang & Lei Cao

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Xiao, C., Yuan, G., Jin, X. et al. Delayed neutron counting at CIAE. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 1657–1659 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4541-3

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