A method for the comparison of performance of gamma-ray spectrometry calibration cocktails.
In order to make quantitative assessments about the usefulness of different gamma-ray emitting radionuclide cocktails to carry out efficiency calibrations of gamma-ray spectrometers, a method has been developed that allows the comparison of their different performances and to optimize the choice of gamma energy lines for the radionuclides within a specific cocktail. The method has been applied to compare different cocktail configurations obtained from measurements made in the laboratory with monoenergetic radionuclides, and their relative performances are presented and discussed.
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Department Ingeniería Nuclear y Mecánica de Fluidos, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.
Los Arcos
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Herranz
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D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration / Q000592:standards*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013030:Spain; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*
D011868:Radioisotopes