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Utilization of a boron irradiation vessel for NAA of short-lived radionuclides in biological and geological materials

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A boron nitride irradiation vessel designed for use with a pneumatic tube transfer system has been used to analyze short-lived radionuclides by NAA. Bare and Cd-shielded irradiations on Co, Zr and Au were made to characterize the neutron fluxes in the irradiation position. Bare and BN-shielded irradiations were performed to determine epithermal advantage factors for 16 short-lived reactions and interference factors for a total of 11 (n, p) and (n, α) reactions induced by reactor fast neutrons. To illustrate application of these data, several biological and geological reference materials were analyzed.

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  1. Research Reactor Facility, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, MO, (USA)

    M. D. Glascock

  2. Institute of Atomic Energy, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 275, Beijing, (People's Republic of China)

    W. Z. Than

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY, (USA)

    W. Z. Than

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY, (USA)

    W. D. Ehmann

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Glascock, M.D., Than, W.Z. & Ehmann, W.D. Utilization of a boron irradiation vessel for NAA of short-lived radionuclides in biological and geological materials. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 92, 379–390 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02219768

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