1. Foreword

   • J. John
   • J. Kučera
   • M. Vobecký

   EditorialNotes Pages: 9 - 11

2. The laboratory notebooks of Pierre and Marie Curie and the discovery of polonium and radium

   • J. P. Adloff

   Part 1 Pages: 15 - 28

3. Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867–1934)—A person and scientist

   • R. Mierzecki

   Part 1 Pages: 29 - 34

4. Contribution of the industrial chemical processing of pitchblende in Jáchymov to the first isolation of radium

   • M. Vobecký

   Part 1 Pages: 35 - 40

5. 100 years from the birth of prof. František Běhounek

   • Č. Jech

   Part 1 Pages: 41 - 42

6. Emanations and “induced” radioactivity: From mystery to (mis)use

   • Z. I. Kolar

   Part 1 Pages: 43 - 56

7. On the valency of uranium in aegirine and on behavior of isotopes²³⁴U and²³⁸U at dissolving the mineral

   • R. V. Bogdanov
   • Yu. F. Batrakov
   • A. S. Sergeev

   Part 1 Pages: 57 - 63

8. Organic substance as a collector of recoil atoms²³⁴Th(²³⁴U) in black shales

   • R. V. Bogdanov
   • S. A. Gerasimov
   • A. A. Pihlak

   Part 1 Pages: 65 - 70

9. Present status and trends of radioecological research

   • A. A. Cigna
   • P. J. Coughtrey
   • G. G. Polikarpov

   Part 1 Pages: 73 - 81

10. Monitoring of releases of²³⁸Pu,^239,240Pu,²⁴¹Am,²⁴²Cm and²⁴⁴Cm in airborne effluents of nuclear power plant at Dukovany in the Czech Republic in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997

    • Z. Hölgye
    • R. Filgas

    Part 1 Pages: 83 - 89

11. Artificial radionuclides in oils from the underground nuclear test site (Perm region, Russia)

    • S. N. Kalmykov
    • Yu. A. Sapozhnikov
    • B. N. Goloubov

    Part 1 Pages: 91 - 95

12. Application of pulse decay discrimination liquid scintillation counting for indoor radon measurement

    • H. Bem
    • M. Ostrowska
    • E. M. Bem

    Part 1 Pages: 97 - 102

13. Monitoring of natural factors in Czech speleotherapeutic centres

    • D. Sas
    • O. Navrátil
    • P. Sládek

    Part 1 Pages: 103 - 106

14. Speciation of radionuclides of the Chernobyl origin in aerosol and soil samples

    • G. Lujaniene
    • V. Lujanas
    • R. Ladygiene

    Part 1 Pages: 107 - 114

15. Plutonium isotopes concentration in the ground level air and rain samples from Kraków

    • J. W. Mietelski
    • K. Kozak
    • J. O. Krupa

    Part 1 Pages: 115 - 118

16. Determination of²²⁶Ra and²²⁸Ra in mineral and drinking waters using 3M'S EMPORE^™ radium RAD disks

    • A. Ďurecová
    • F. Ďurec
    • M. Lendacká

    Part 1 Pages: 119 - 125

17. Radioactivity of mineral waters in Bohemia

    • Z. Krejbichová

    Part 1 Pages: 127 - 132

18. Investigations on the caesium-137 household of Lake Lugano, Switzerland

    • J. Drissner
    • E. Klemt
    • A. Jakob

    Part 1 Pages: 133 - 139

19. Prediction of impacts of Temelín NPP on hydrosphere

    • E. J. Hanslík

    Part 1 Pages: 141 - 146

20. Selective behavior of the siderophore pyoverdine a towards UO₂ ²⁺, Th⁴⁺, U⁴⁺ and other cations

    • M. Bouby
    • I. Billard
    • H. J. Maccordick

    Part 1 Pages: 147 - 150

21. Phase behavior of Eu(III) in fulvic acid-Fe(III)−H₂0 system at pH 1–9

    • E. K. Legin
    • Yu. I. Trifonov
    • D. N. Suglobov

    Part 1 Pages: 151 - 157

22. Sorption of neptunium on iron-containing minerals

    • K. Nakata
    • T. Fukuda
    • S. Muraoka

    Part 1 Pages: 159 - 166

23. Interaction of actinides with natural microporous materials: A review

    • P. Misaelides
    • A. Godelitsas

    Part 1 Pages: 167 - 174

24. Diffusion and diffusion-convection experiments for studying the sorption of radionuclides in soils

    • F. Brünjes
    • H. Barnewitz
    • G. Kirchner

    Part 1 Pages: 175 - 180

25. Caesium-137 behaviour in small agricultural catchments on the area of the Chernobyl contamination

    • E. V. Kvasnikova
    • E. D. Stukin
    • A. V. Panin

    Part 1 Pages: 181 - 187

26. Geochemical far-field processes in performance assessments for underground radioactive waste repositories

    • U. Noseck
    • L. Lührmann
    • T. Brasser

    Part 1 Pages: 189 - 195

27. Microorganisms as potential vectors of the migration of radionuclides?

    • Y. Andres
    • S. Redercher
    • G. Thouand

    Part 1 Pages: 197 - 204

28. The bioaccumulation of²¹⁰Po and²¹⁰Pb in the southern Baltic organisms

    • P. Stepnowski
    • B. Skwarzec

    Part 1 Pages: 205 - 209

29. Calibration of NaI(TI) spectrometer for radiocesium volume-samples. Some results from Transylvania region

    • C. Cosma
    • L. Daraban
    • C. Ronneau

    Part 1 Pages: 211 - 216

30. Study on nuclear activities by the measurement of residual radioactivity

    • T. Elnimr
    • T. Sharshar
    • A. El-Abd

    Part 1 Pages: 217 - 221

31. Assessment of some industrial pollutants and their impact on the environment

    • H. A. El-naggar
    • M. K. Shehata
    • E. M. Metwally

    Part 1 Pages: 223 - 234

32. The IAEA programme and perspectives for environmental radionuclide monitoring and preparation of reference materials

    • P. De Regge
    • K. Burns
    • P. R. Danesi

    Part 1 Pages: 237 - 245

33. Thirty years of naa developments and applications at the THETIS reactor of the Institute for Nuclear Sciences, Gent

    • F. De Corte

    Part 1 Pages: 247 - 254

34. Experience with naa and radionuclides in an industrial laboratory

    • D. Bossus
    • R. Van Sluijs

    Part 1 Pages: 255 - 262

35. Applications of neutron activation analysis in determination of natural and man-made radionuclides, including PA-231

    • A. R. Byrne
    • L. Benedik

    Part 1 Pages: 263 - 270

36. Accurate determination of trace elements in sediment CRMAS by instrumental neutron activation analysis

    • D. A. Becker

    Part 1 Pages: 271 - 276

37. Determination of radioactive trace elements in ultra low background detectors by means of neutron activation analysis

    • R. v. Hentig
    • T. Goldbrunner
    • F. v. Feilitzsch

    Part 1 Pages: 277 - 286

38. A re-examination of coincidence and gamma-peak doublet handling in Kayzero-based NAA

    • S. Van Lierde
    • F. De Corte
    • R. Van Sluijs

    Part 1 Pages: 287 - 293

39. Calibration of the reactor neutron spectrum for the ko-NAA standardization using several approaches

    • J. Kučera
    • J. Frána
    • L. Viereibl

    Part 1 Pages: 295 - 301

40. Thermochromatography and activation analysis

    • G. S. Stattarov
    • A. A. Kist

    Part 1 Pages: 303 - 310

41. Completely non-destructive elemental analysis of bulky samples by PGAA

    • Y. Oura
    • H. Nakahara
    • T. Nishikawa

    Part 1 Pages: 311 - 321

42. Neutron activation analysis of an Egyptian monazite ore sample

    • E. A. Eissa
    • N. B. Rofail
    • A. M. Hassan

    Part 1 Pages: 323 - 329

43. INAA and chemical analysis of water and sediments sampled in 1996 from the Romanian sector of the Danube river

    • A. I. Pantelica
    • I. I. Georgescu
    • C. M. Borcia

    Part 1 Pages: 331 - 337

44. Human hair neutron activation analysis: Analysis on population level, mapping

    • L. I. Zhuk
    • A. A. Kist

    Part 1 Pages: 339 - 346

45. A comparison of new techniques for the determination of minor and trace elemenets in volcanic gases by NAA

    • M. Bichler
    • C. Peltz
    • F. Sortino

    Part 1 Pages: 347 - 354

46. Neutron activation analysis of some building materials

    • M. N. Salagean
    • A. I. Pantelica
    • M. I. Muntean

    Part 1 Pages: 355 - 358

47. Thorium: Determination by CDTN, Brazil

    • M. A. B. C. Menezes
    • C. V. S. Sabino

    Part 1 Pages: 359 - 365

48. Methodological problems of activation analysis using radionuclide neutron sources

    • S. A. Bakiev

    Part 1 Pages: 367 - 375

49. Analysis of multicomponent systems by fast neutron activation

    • A. V. Andreev
    • S. A. Makarov

    Part 1 Pages: 377 - 384

50. Fast neutron activation analysis—FNAA using d(13 MeV)+Be reaction for archaeometrical research at Bucharest cyclotron

    • B. Constantinescu
    • R. Bugoi
    • I. Garlea

    Part 1 Pages: 385 - 388