Abstract
Resonant photonuclear isotope detection (RPID) is a nondestructive detection/assay of nuclear isotopes by measuring rays following photonuclear reaction products. Medium-energy wideband photons of are used for the photonuclear reactions and rays characteristic of the reaction products are measured by means of high-sensitivity Ge detectors. Impurities of stable and radioactive isotopes of the orders of and ppm—ppb are investigated. RPID is used to study nuclear isotopes of astronuclear and particle physics interests and those of geological and historical interests. It is used to identify radioactive isotopes of fission products as well.
- Received 9 November 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.024701
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