title: The assessment of plutonium and americium in contaminated wounds with high energy resolution semiconductor detectors.
abstract: A simple to use method was installed for the measurement of wounds contaminated with plutonium and americium by using a semiconductor detector. This technique does not explicitly require the knowledge of the detector efficiency but uses a plant 241Am calibration source. A computer programme has also been developed for the quantification of the contamination according to the shape and the depth of the contaminant in the wound.
authors.affiliation: Whole Body Counting, Nuclear Spectrometry and Policy support, Radiation protection, CEN.SCK, Mol, Belgium.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Genicot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hardeman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oberstedt
mesh_terms: D000576:Americium / Q000032:analysis*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011005:Plutonium / Q000032:analysis*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012666:Semiconductors; D012985:Software Design
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium; D000576:Americium