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The neutron moderating effect of concrete and polyethylene mixtures on the determination of the sample composition was investigated by irradiating 200 L steels drums with 14 MeV neutrons at the MEDINA (Multi Element Determination based on Instrumental Neutron Activation) facility. The elemental composition was evaluated using a quantification model validated for a concrete matrix in a previous work. The results obtained were found to agree with the expected values within ±34 % which is reasonable with regards to the samples heterogeneity.
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Mildenberger, F., Mauerhofer, E. Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis of large heterogeneous samples composed of concrete and polyethylene. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 309, 1265–1269 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4743-3
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