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Measurement of the Specific α-Activity in Environmental Objects

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We describe a new technique for nuclear-radiation spectrometry and identification by the pulse's shape in CsI(Tl) scintillators. The specific α-activity of soil samples taken from the Adit 139 and the Southeast Trace of the Semipalatinsk Test Range was determined by the method of α-particle identification in a CsI(Tl) crystal at a 1-MeV detection threshold. The results were compared to the data obtained using radiochemical separation.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Daughter State Enterprise of the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan, ul. Ibragimova 1, Almaty, 480082, Kazakhstan

    A. M. Blekhman, N. T. Burtebaev, A. Duisebaev, B. A. Duisebaev, G. N. Ivanov, K. A. Kuterbekov, A. M. Seitimbetov & D. G. Chelapkin

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Blekhman, A.M., Burtebaev, N.T., Duisebaev, A. et al. Measurement of the Specific α-Activity in Environmental Objects. Instruments and Experimental Techniques 44, 103–106 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004197420388

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