1. Foreword

   • Zsolt Révay

   EditorialNotes 20 December 2016 Pages: 941 - 944

   

2. Laudation for Professor Tomoko Nakanishi: 2016 Hevesy Medal Awardee

   • A. Chatt

   EditorialNotes 09 December 2016 Pages: 945 - 946

   

3. Research with radiation and radioisotopes to better understand plant physiology and agricultural consequences of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident

   • Tomoko M. Nakanishi

   OriginalPaper Open access 04 January 2017 Pages: 947 - 971

   

4. Wastewater treatment with ionizing radiation

   • László Wojnárovits
   • Erzsébet Takács

   OriginalPaper 23 May 2016 Pages: 973 - 981

5. Standardisation of a ⁶⁸(Ge+Ga) solution within the CCRI(II)-K2.Ge-68 key comparison

   • Maria Sahagia
   • Aurelian Luca
   • Constantin Ivan

   OriginalPaper 03 September 2016 Pages: 983 - 990

   

6. Attempt to reduce ²³⁹Pu and ²⁴¹Am uptake by wheat plantlets by application of inorganic fertilizers

   • J. Guillén
   • G. Muñoz
   • N. Mocanu

   OriginalPaper 03 June 2016 Pages: 991 - 997

   

7. Plutonium concentration and ²⁴⁰Pu/²³⁹Pu isotopic ratio in the surface soils from the Jiuquan region in northwestern China

   • Wenting Bu
   • Qiuju Guo
   • Shigeo Uchida

   OriginalPaper 26 August 2016 Pages: 999 - 1005

   

8. Sequential separation and determination of uranium and thorium isotopes in soil samples with Microthene-TOPO chromatographic column and alpha-spectrometry

   • Guogang Jia

   OriginalPaper 13 June 2016 Pages: 1007 - 1017

   

9. Believable statements of uncertainty and believable science

   • Richard M. Lindstrom

   OriginalPaper 21 June 2016 Pages: 1019 - 1022

10. Gas-phase conversion of the U(VI), Sr, Mo, and Zr compounds in nitrating atmosphere

    • Sergey A. Kulyukhin
    • Yurii M. Nevolin
    • Andrey V. Gordeev

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2016 Pages: 1023 - 1034

    

11. George de Hevesy (1885–1966): discoverer of hafnium, founder of radioanalytical chemistry and X-ray fluorescence analysis and father of nuclear medicine

    • Siegfried Niese

    OriginalPaper 23 June 2016 Pages: 1035 - 1041

12. PLGA encapsulation and radioiodination of indole-3-carbinol: investigation of anticancerogenic effects against MCF7, Caco2 and PC3 cells by in vitro assays

    • Gorkem Yildiz
    • Ayfer Yurt Kilcar
    • F. Zumrut Biber Muftuler

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2016 Pages: 1043 - 1052

    

13. Development and optimization of an on-site sequential extraction system for radiobioassay in radiation emergency

    • Seokwon Yoon
    • Wi-Ho Ha
    • Young-Woo Jin

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2016 Pages: 1053 - 1057

    

14. Simplified modeling in dynamic column technique for the determination of radionuclide transport parameters in systems of solid granular materials and groundwater

    • Š. Palágyi
    • K. Štamberg
    • D. Vopálka

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2016 Pages: 1059 - 1073

    

15. Radon gas activity measurements in the frame of an international comparison

    • Aurelian Luca
    • Maria Sahagia
    • Constantin Ivan

    OriginalPaper 16 September 2016 Pages: 1075 - 1079

    

16. Radiation chemical aspects of the origins of life

    • Franco Cataldo
    • Susana Iglesias-Groth

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2016 Pages: 1081 - 1097

    

17. Detection capabilities: some historical footnotes

    • Lloyd A. Currie

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2016 Pages: 1099 - 1109

    

18. Determination of sorption and diffusion parameters of ⁹⁹Tc in crushed granite using through-diffusion experiments

    • Yu-Hung Shih
    • Tsuey-Lin Tsai
    • Shih-Chin Tsai

    OriginalPaper 25 August 2016 Pages: 1111 - 1116

    

19. Monitoring of caesium-137 in surface seawater and seafood in both the Irish and North Seas: trends and observations

    • Kins Leonard
    • Andras Donaszi-Ivanov
    • Trevor Bailey

    OriginalPaper 22 October 2016 Pages: 1117 - 1125

    

20. Determination of the thickness of an electrodeposited thorium film with SiC alpha detectors

    • Josh Jarrell
    • Milan Stika
    • Lei R. Cao

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2016 Pages: 1127 - 1133

    

21. The importance of glyceraldehyde radiolysis in chemical evolution

    • J. Cruz-Castañeda
    • E. Aguilar-Ovando
    • A. Negrón-Mendoza

    OriginalPaper 05 November 2016 Pages: 1135 - 1141

    

22. Time optimization of ⁹⁰Sr determinations: sequential measurement of multiple samples during decay of ⁹⁰Y

    • Stina Holmgren Rondahl
    • Annika Tovedal
    • Henrik Ramebäck

    OriginalPaper Open access 07 October 2016 Pages: 1143 - 1148

    

23. Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis for certification of sulfur in fuel oil SRMs

    • Rick L. Paul

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2016 Pages: 1149 - 1154

    

24. A comparative study on sorption and diffusion of Cs in crushed argillite and granite investigated in batch and through-diffusion experiment

    • Chuan-Pin Lee
    • Shih-Chin Tsai
    • Ling-Jen Kang

    OriginalPaper 30 September 2016 Pages: 1155 - 1162

    

25. Limitations of gamma-ray spectrometry in the quantification of ²³⁸U and ²³²Th in raw materials and by-products

    • Young-Yong Ji
    • Jong-Myoung Lim
    • Kun Ho Chung

    OriginalPaper 05 August 2016 Pages: 1163 - 1168

    

26. Preparation of a radon-free thoron source for a thoron calibration chamber

    • Ferenc Fábián
    • Anita Csordás
    • Tibor Kovács

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2016 Pages: 1169 - 1175

    

27. ^69mZn-containing radiopharmaceuticals: a novel approach to molecular design

    • Marina A. Orlova
    • Tatiana P. Trofimova
    • Stepan N. Kalmykov

    OriginalPaper 25 October 2016 Pages: 1177 - 1183

    

28. Radiological and chemical toxicity risks of uranium in groundwater based-drinking at Immigration Headquarters Gosa and Federal Housing Lugbe area of Abuja, North Central Nigeria

    • Omeje Maxwell
    • Husin Wagiran
    • I. T. Tenebe

    OriginalPaper 29 August 2016 Pages: 1185 - 1191

    

29. Advances in the development of a dissolution method for the attribution of iridium source materials

    • A. P. J. Hodgson
    • K. E. Jarvis
    • O. J. Marsden

    OriginalPaper Open access 21 January 2017 Pages: 1193 - 1199

    

30. Neutron activation analysis using a modified absolute calibration method

    • Chun-Kai Huang
    • Shiang-Huei Jiang

    OriginalPaper 27 December 2016 Pages: 1201 - 1207

    

31. Fukushima-derived radiocesium in the western North Pacific in 2014

    • Yuichiro Kumamoto
    • Michio Aoyama
    • Akihiko Murata

    OriginalPaper Open access 03 October 2016 Pages: 1209 - 1217

    

32. Actions for remediation in cases with large concentration of radon indoor

    • Alejandro Martín Sánchez
    • María José Nuevo

    OriginalPaper 03 November 2016 Pages: 1219 - 1225

    

33. Removal of ²²⁶Ra from aqueous media and its thermodynamics and kinetics

    • S. Akyil Erenturk
    • A. Kilincarslan Kaygun

    OriginalPaper 19 September 2016 Pages: 1227 - 1233

    

34. A Brazilian coal fly ash as a potential source of rare earth elements

    • Camila N. Lange
    • Iara M. C. Camargo
    • Regina B. Ticianelli

    OriginalPaper 03 September 2016 Pages: 1235 - 1241

    

35. A ³He beam stop for minimizing gamma-ray and fast-neutron background

    • Danyal Turkoglu
    • R. Gregory Downing
    • Jeremy Cook

    OriginalPaper 06 August 2016 Pages: 1243 - 1249

    

36. Macrocycles for the complexation of radiocesium: a concise review of crystallographic and computational studies

    • Fabio Pichierri

    OriginalPaper 05 August 2016 Pages: 1251 - 1263

    

37. A multi-detector integrated automation system of routine INAA

    • Yonggang Yao
    • Caijin Xiao
    • Bangfa Ni

    OriginalPaper 13 August 2016 Pages: 1265 - 1269

    

38. Determination of ²³⁸Pu, ^239+240Pu and ²⁴¹Am in air filters

    • Katarzyna Rzemek
    • Andrzej Czerwiński
    • Tomasz Pliszczyński

    OriginalPaper Open access 03 September 2016 Pages: 1271 - 1276

    

39. Dose verification of volumetric modulation arc therapy by using a NIPAM gel dosimeter combined with a parallel-beam optical computed tomography scanner

    • Chun-Hsu Yao
    • Tung-Hao Chang
    • Chin-Hsing Chen

    OriginalPaper 04 January 2017 Pages: 1277 - 1286

    

40. k ₀-NAA for determination of REE in reference materials of ore sources

    • Caijin Xiao
    • Yonggang Yao
    • Bangfa Ni

    OriginalPaper 26 December 2016 Pages: 1287 - 1289

    

41. Use of INAA in the homogeneity evaluation of a bovine kidney candidate reference material

    • Liliana Castro
    • Edson G. Moreira
    • Marina B. A. Vasconcellos

    OriginalPaper 17 August 2016 Pages: 1291 - 1298

    

42. Radiochemical separation of mostly short-lived neutron activation products

    • Jan Kučera
    • Jan Kameník
    • Pavel P. Povinec

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2016 Pages: 1299 - 1307

43. Numerical simulation on scintillator detector response for determining element content in PGNAA system

    • Feng Zhang
    • Lili Tian
    • Xinguang Wang

    OriginalPaper 15 September 2016 Pages: 1309 - 1314

    

44. HPGe detector full-energy peak efficiency calculation for inhomogeneously activated samples

    • Lojze Gačnik
    • Radojko Jaćimović

    OriginalPaper 21 December 2016 Pages: 1315 - 1321

    

45. Trace elements status in the terrain of an impounded vehicle scrapyard

    • Camila Neves Lange
    • Ana Maria Graciano Figueiredo
    • Liliana Castro

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2016 Pages: 1323 - 1332

    

46. Determination of vanadium in titanate-based ferroelectrics by INAA with discriminating gamma-ray spectrometry

    • Jan Kameník
    • Kateřina Dragounová
    • Vladimír Strunga

    OriginalPaper 10 November 2016 Pages: 1333 - 1338

    

47. Ion beam analysis of elemental signatures in uranium dioxide samples: importance for nuclear forensics

    • A. I. Apostol
    • A. Pantelica
    • V. Fugaru

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2016 Pages: 1339 - 1346

    

48. Application of ICP-MS, INAA and RNAA to the determination of some “difficult” elements in infant formulas

    • Ewelina Chajduk
    • Halina Polkowska-Motrenko

    OriginalPaper Open access 20 September 2016 Pages: 1347 - 1353

49. Development of a single photon counting gamma-ray camera for Compton noise elimination

    • Jiseok Kim
    • Gwang Min Sun
    • Sy Minh Tuan Hoang

    OriginalPaper 21 September 2016 Pages: 1355 - 1359

    

50. Separation and purification of ^99mTc from ⁹⁹Mo produced by electron linear accelerator

    • Shun Sekimoto
    • Katsuyoshi Tatenuma
    • Tsutomu Ohtsuki

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2016 Pages: 1361 - 1366