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2 | (3) |
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1.2 Structure, Identity, and Stability of Atoms |
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5 | (1) |
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1.3 Chart of the Nuclides |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (3) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (10) |
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12 | (2) |
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2.2 Energy Concepts for Atoms |
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14 | (4) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Binding Energy of Nuclei |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (3) |
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18 | (1) |
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3 Radioactive Transformation |
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3.1 Processes of Radioactive Transformation |
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3.1.1 Transformation of Neutron-rich Radioactive Nuclei |
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23 | (4) |
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3.1.2 Double Beta (ββ) Transformation |
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27 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Transformation of Proton-rich Nuclei |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (3) |
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3.1.5 Average Energy of Negatron and Positron Emitters |
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32 | (1) |
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3.1.6 Electron Capture (EC) |
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33 | (2) |
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3.1.7 Radioactive Transformation of Heavy Nuclei by Alpha Particle Emission |
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35 | (3) |
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3.1.8 Theory of Alpha Particle Transformation |
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38 | (2) |
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3.1.9 Transuranic (TRU) Radionuclides |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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3.1.11 Internal Transition (Metastable or Isomeric States) |
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42 | (1) |
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3.1.12 Internal Conversion |
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43 | (6) |
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3.1.13 Multiple Modes of Radioactive Transformation |
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49 | (2) |
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3.1.14 Transformation by Delayed Neutron Emission |
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51 | (1) |
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3.1.15 Transformation by Spontaneous Fission |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (3) |
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3.3 Rate of Radioactive Transformation |
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57 | (8) |
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58 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Units of Radioactive Transformation |
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58 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Mathematics of Radioactive Transformation |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Effective Half-life |
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64 | (1) |
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3.4 Radioactivity Calculations |
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65 | (5) |
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3.4.1 Half-life Determination |
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68 | (2) |
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3.5 Activity-mass Relationships |
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70 | (3) |
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70 | (3) |
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3.6 Radioactive Series Transformation |
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73 | (4) |
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3.6.1 Series Decay Calculations |
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73 | (3) |
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3.6.2 Recursive Kinetics: the Bateman Equations |
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76 | (1) |
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3.7 Radioactive Equilibrium |
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77 | (7) |
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3.7.1 Secular Equilibrium |
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78 | (2) |
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3.7.2 Transient Equilibrium |
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80 | (1) |
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3.7.3 Radionuclide Generators |
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81 | (3) |
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3.8 Total Number of Transformations (Uses of τ and λEff) |
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84 | (2) |
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3.9 Discovery of the Neutrino |
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86 | (5) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (52) |
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91 | (2) |
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4.2 Characteristic X-rays |
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93 | (5) |
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4.2.1 X-rays and Atomic Structure |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (6) |
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100 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Q-values for Nuclear Reactions |
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102 | (2) |
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4.4 Alpha Particle Interactions |
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104 | (2) |
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4.4.1 Alpha-Neutron Reactions |
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105 | (1) |
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4.5 Transmutation by Protons and Deuterons |
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106 | (8) |
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4.5.1 Proton-Alpha Particle (p,α) Reactions |
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108 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Proton-Neutron (p,n) Reactions |
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109 | (1) |
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4.5.3 Proton-Gamma (p,gamma;) Reactions |
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110 | (1) |
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4.5.4 Proton-Deuteron Reactions |
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110 | (1) |
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4.5.5 Deuteron-Alpha (d,α) Reactions |
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111 | (1) |
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4.5.6 Deuteron-Proton (d,p) and Deuteron-Neutron (d,n) Reactions |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (3) |
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4.6.1 Radiative Capture (n,γ) Reactions |
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114 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Charged Particle Emission (CPE) |
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115 | (1) |
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4.6.3 Neutron-Proton (n,p) Reactions |
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116 | (1) |
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4.6.4 Neutron-Neutron (n,2n) Reactions |
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116 | (1) |
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4.7 Activation Product Calculations |
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117 | (9) |
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4.7.1 Neutron Activation Product Calculations |
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119 | (5) |
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4.7.2 Charged Particles Calculations |
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124 | (2) |
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4.8 Medical Isotope Reactions |
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126 | (2) |
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4.9 Transuranium Elements |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (3) |
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4.10.1 Activation by Photons |
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130 | (3) |
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4.11 Fission and Fusion Reactions |
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133 | (5) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (5) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (4) |
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5 Nuclear Fission and its Products |
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143 | (54) |
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145 | (2) |
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5.2 Physics of Sustained Nuclear Fission |
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147 | (5) |
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5.3 Neutron Economy and Reactivity |
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152 | (2) |
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5.4 Nuclear Power Reactors |
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154 | (3) |
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5.4.1 Reactor Design: Basic Systems |
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155 | (2) |
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5.5 Light Water Reactors (LWRs) |
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157 | (8) |
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5.5.1 Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) |
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157 | (2) |
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5.5.2 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) |
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159 | (2) |
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5.5.3 Inherent Safety Features of LWRs |
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161 | (2) |
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5.5.4 Decay Heat in Power Reactors |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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5.6 Heavy Water Reactors (HWRs) |
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165 | (4) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (5) |
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5.7.1 Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (2) |
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5.8.1 High-temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) |
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175 | (1) |
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5.9 Reactor Radioactivity |
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176 | (12) |
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177 | (1) |
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5.9.2 Radioactive Products of Fission |
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178 | (4) |
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5.9.3 Production of Individual Fission Products |
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182 | (2) |
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5.9.4 Fission Products in Spent Fuel |
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184 | (1) |
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5.9.5 Fission Product Poisons |
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185 | (3) |
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5.10 Radioactivity in Reactors |
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188 | (5) |
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5.10.1 Activation Products in Nuclear Reactors |
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188 | (3) |
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5.10.2 Tritium Production in Reactors |
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191 | (1) |
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5.10.3 Low-level Radioactive Waste |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (4) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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6 Naturally Occurring Radiation and Radioactivity |
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197 | (48) |
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6.1 Discovery and Interpretation |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (3) |
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6.4 Cosmogenic Radionuclides |
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203 | (4) |
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6.5 Naturally Radioactive Series |
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207 | (7) |
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6.5.1 Neptunium Series Radionuclides |
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214 | (1) |
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6.6 Singly Occurring Primordial Radionuclides |
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214 | (2) |
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6.7 Radioactive Ores and Byproducts |
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216 | (8) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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6.7.3 Water Treatment Sludge |
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219 | (1) |
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6.7.4 Phosphate Industry Wastes |
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219 | (1) |
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6.7.5 Elemental Phosphorus |
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220 | (1) |
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6.7.6 Manhattan Project Wastes |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (4) |
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224 | (1) |
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6.8.2 Dating by Primordial Radionuclides |
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225 | (1) |
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6.8.3 Potassium-Argon Dating |
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226 | (1) |
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6.8.4 Ionium (230Th) Method |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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6.9 Radon and its Progeny |
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228 | (12) |
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229 | (3) |
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6.9.2 Working Level for Radon Progeny |
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232 | (4) |
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6.9.3 Measurement of Radon |
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236 | (4) |
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240 | (5) |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (3) |
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7 Interactions of Radiation with Matter |
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245 | (62) |
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7.1 Radiation Dose and Units |
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245 | (4) |
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7.1.1 Radiation Absorbed Dose |
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246 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Radiation Dose Equivalent |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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7.2 Radiation Dose Calculations |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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7.3 Interaction Processes |
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250 | (2) |
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7.4 Interactions of Alpha Particles and Heavy Nuclei |
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252 | (5) |
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7.4.1 Recoil Nuclei and Fission Fragments |
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254 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Range of Alpha Particles |
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254 | (3) |
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7.5 Beta Particle Interactions and Dose |
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257 | (13) |
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7.5.1 Energy Loss by Ionization |
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258 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Energy Losses by Bremsstrahlung |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (2) |
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7.5.4 Attenuation of Beta Particles |
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261 | (1) |
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7.5.5 Range Versus Energy of Beta Particles |
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262 | (2) |
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7.5.6 Radiation Dose from Beta Particles |
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264 | (3) |
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7.5.7 Beta Dose from Contaminated Surfaces |
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267 | (1) |
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7.5.8 Beta Contamination on Skin or Clothing |
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268 | (1) |
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7.5.9 Beta Dose from Hot Particles |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (7) |
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7.6.1 Photoelectric Interactions |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (2) |
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7.6.4 Photodisintegration |
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276 | (1) |
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7.7 Photon Attenuation and Absorption |
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277 | (11) |
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7.7.1 Attenuation (μ) and Energy Absorption (μEn) Coefficients |
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280 | (4) |
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7.7.2 Effect of E and Z on Photon Attenuation/Absorption |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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7.8 Energy Transfer and Absorption by Photons |
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288 | (8) |
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7.8.1 Electronic Equilibrium |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (1) |
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7.9 Exposure/Dose Calculations |
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296 | (7) |
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297 | (1) |
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7.9.2 Gamma Ray Constant, Γ |
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298 | (2) |
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7.9.3 Exposure and Absorbed Dose |
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300 | (1) |
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7.9.4 Exposure, Kerma, and Absorbed Dose |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (4) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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304 | (3) |
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307 | (58) |
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8.1 Shielding of Alpha-Emitting Sources |
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307 | (1) |
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8.2 Shielding of Beta-Emitting Sources |
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308 | (6) |
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8.2.1 Attenuation of Beta Particles |
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308 | (3) |
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8.2.2 Bremsstrahlung Effects for Beta Shielding |
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311 | (3) |
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8.3 Shielding of Photon Sources |
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314 | (24) |
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8.3.1 Shielding of Good Geometry Photon Sources |
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315 | (7) |
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8.3.2 Half-Value and Tenth-Value Layers |
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322 | (2) |
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8.3.3 Shielding of Poor Geometry Photon Sources |
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324 | (6) |
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8.3.4 Use of Buildup Factors |
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330 | (1) |
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8.3.5 Effect of Buildup on Shield Thickness |
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331 | (2) |
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8.3.6 Mathematical Formulations of the Buildup Factor |
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333 | (5) |
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8.4 Gamma Flux for Distributed Sources |
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338 | (19) |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Disc and Planar Sources |
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342 | (1) |
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8.4.4 Shield Designs for Area Sources |
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343 | (7) |
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8.4.5 Gamma Exposure from Thick Slabs |
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350 | (5) |
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355 | (1) |
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8.4.7 Buildup Factors for Layered Absorbers |
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356 | (1) |
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8.5 Shielding of Protons and Light Ions |
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357 | (3) |
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360 | (5) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (4) |
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9 Internal Radiation Dose |
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365 | (50) |
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9.1 Absorbed Dose in Tissue |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (4) |
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9.2.1 Internal Dose: Medical Uses |
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369 | (1) |
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9.3 Factors In The Internal Dose Equation |
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370 | (13) |
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9.3.1 The Dose Reciprocity Theorem |
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377 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Deposition and Clearance Data |
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378 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Multicompartment Retention |
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378 | (5) |
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9.4 Radiation Dose from Radionuclide Intakes |
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383 | (22) |
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9.4.1 Risk-Based Radiation Standards |
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384 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Committed Effective Dose Equivalent (CEDE) |
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385 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Biokinetic Models: Risk-Based Internal Dosimetry |
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386 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Radiation Doses Due to Inhaled Radionuclides |
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388 | (10) |
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9.4.5 Radiation Doses Due to Ingested Radionuclides |
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398 | (7) |
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9.5 Operational Determinations of Internal Dose |
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405 | (3) |
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406 | (1) |
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9.6 Tritium: a Special Case |
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408 | (3) |
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9.6.1 Bioassay of Tritium: a Special Case |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (4) |
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412 | (1) |
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412 | (3) |
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10 Environmental Dispersion |
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415 | (40) |
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10.1 Atmospheric Dispersion |
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417 | (12) |
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10.1.1 Atmospheric Stability Effects on Dispersion |
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420 | (2) |
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10.1.2 Atmospheric Stability Classes |
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422 | (2) |
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10.1.3 Calculational Procedure: Uniform Stability Conditions |
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424 | (2) |
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10.1.4 Distance xmax of Maximum Concentration (Χmax) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (1) |
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10.2 Nonuniform turbulence: Fumigation, Building Effects |
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429 | (9) |
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10.2.2 Dispersion for an Elevated Receptor |
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431 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Building Wake Effects: Mechanical Turbulence |
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432 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Concentrations of Effluents in Building Wakes |
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433 | (2) |
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10.2.5 Ground-level Area Sources |
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435 | (1) |
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10.2.6 Effect of Mechanical Turbulence on Far-field Diffusion |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (1) |
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10.4 Sector-Averaged Χ/Q Values |
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439 | (4) |
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10.5 Deposition/Depletion: Guassian Plumes |
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443 | (9) |
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443 | (4) |
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10.5.2 Air Concentration Due to Resuspension |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (3) |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (2) |
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455 | (34) |
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11.1 Nuclear Reactors and Criticality |
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456 | (8) |
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11.1.1 Three Mile Island Accident |
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456 | (2) |
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11.1.2 Chernobyl Accident |
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458 | (3) |
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11.1.3 NRX Reactor: Chalk River, Ontario, December 1952 |
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461 | (1) |
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11.1.5 K-reactor, Savannah River Site, 1988 |
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462 | (1) |
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11.1.6 Fukushima-Daichi Plant---Japan, March 11, 2011 |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (6) |
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464 | (1) |
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465 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Products of Nuclear Explosions |
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466 | (1) |
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11.2.4 Fission Product Activity and Exposure |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (1) |
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11.3 Criticality Accidents |
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470 | (5) |
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11.3.1 Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN: June 16, 1958 |
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470 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, NM: December 30, 1958 |
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471 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Idaho Chemical Processing Plant: October 16, 1959, January 25, 1961, and October 17, 1978 |
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472 | (1) |
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11.3.4 Hanford Recuplex Plant: April 7, 1962 |
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473 | (1) |
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11.3.5 Wood River Junction RI: July 24, 1964 |
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473 | (1) |
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11.3.6 UKAEA Windscale Works, UK: August 24, 1970 |
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474 | (1) |
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11.3.7 Bare and Reflected Metal Assemblies |
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474 | (1) |
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11.4 Radiation Exposures in Criticality Events |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (6) |
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11.5.1 Criticality Safety Parameters |
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478 | (4) |
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11.6 Fission Product Release in Criticality Events |
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482 | (3) |
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11.6.1 Fast Fission in Criticality Events |
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483 | (2) |
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485 | (4) |
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486 | (1) |
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486 | (1) |
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486 | (3) |
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12 Radiation Detection and Measurement |
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489 | (34) |
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12.1 Gas-Filled Detectors |
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489 | (4) |
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12.2 Crystalline Detectors/Spectrometers |
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493 | (1) |
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12.3 Semiconducting Detectors |
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494 | (1) |
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495 | (9) |
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12.4.1 Gamma-Ray Spectra: hv ≤ 1.022 MeV |
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495 | (5) |
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12.4.2 Gamma-Ray Spectra: hv ≥ 1.022 MeV |
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500 | (2) |
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12.4.3 Escape Peaks and Sum Peaks |
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502 | (1) |
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12.4.4 Gamma Spectroscopy of Positron Emitters |
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503 | (1) |
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12.5 Portable Field Instruments |
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504 | (5) |
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504 | (1) |
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505 | (1) |
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506 | (1) |
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12.5.4 Alpha Radiation Monitoring |
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506 | (1) |
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12.5.5 Beta Radiation Surveys |
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507 | (1) |
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12.5.6 Removable Radioactive Surface Contamination |
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508 | (1) |
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12.5.7 Instrument Calibration |
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509 | (1) |
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12.6 Personnel Dosimeters |
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509 | (2) |
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509 | (1) |
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12.6.2 Thermoluminescence Dosimeters (TLDs) |
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510 | (1) |
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511 | (1) |
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12.7 Laboratory Instruments |
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511 | (12) |
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12.7.1 Liquid Scintillation Analysis |
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511 | (4) |
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12.7.2 Proportional Counters |
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515 | (2) |
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12.7.3 End-window GM Counters |
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517 | (1) |
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12.7.4 Surface Barrier Detectors |
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518 | (1) |
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12.7.5 Range Versus Energy of Beta Particles |
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519 | (1) |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (2) |
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13 Statistics in Radiation Physics |
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523 | (48) |
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13.1 Nature of Counting Distributions |
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523 | (11) |
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13.1.1 Binomial Distribution |
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525 | (1) |
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13.1.2 Poisson Distribution |
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525 | (2) |
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13.1.3 Normal Distribution |
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527 | (3) |
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13.1.4 Mean and Standard Deviation of a Set of Measurements |
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530 | (1) |
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13.1.5 Uncertainty in the Activity of a Radioactive Source |
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531 | (2) |
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13.1.6 Uncertainty in a Single Measurement |
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533 | (1) |
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533 | (1) |
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13.2 Propagation of Error |
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534 | (4) |
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13.2.1 Statistical Subtraction of a Background Count or Count Rate |
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535 | (2) |
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13.2.2 Error Propagation of Several Uncertain Parameters |
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537 | (1) |
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13.3 Comparison of Data Sets |
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538 | (3) |
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13.3.1 Are Two Measurements Different? |
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538 | (3) |
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13.4 Statistics for the Counting Laboratory |
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541 | (10) |
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13.4.1 Uncertainty of a Radioactivity Measurement |
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541 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Determining a Count Time |
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542 | (2) |
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13.4.3 Efficient Distribution of Counting Time |
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544 | (1) |
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13.4.4 Detection and Uncertainty for Gamma Spectroscopy |
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545 | (2) |
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13.4.5 Testing the Distribution of a Series of Counts (the Chi-square Statistic) |
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547 | (1) |
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13.4.6 Weighted Sample Mean |
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548 | (1) |
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549 | (2) |
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551 | (7) |
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552 | (2) |
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13.5.2 Detection Limit (Ld) or Lower Level of Detection (LLD) |
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554 | (4) |
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13.6 Minimum Detectable Concentration or Contamination |
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558 | (4) |
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13.6.1 Minimum Detectable Concentration (MDConc.) |
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558 | (2) |
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13.6.2 Minimum Detectable Contamination (MDCont.) |
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560 | (1) |
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13.6.3 Less-than Level (Lt) |
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561 | (1) |
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13.6.4 Interpretations and Restrictions |
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561 | (1) |
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13.7 Log Normal Data Distributions |
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562 | (9) |
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13.7.1 Particle Size Analysis |
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565 | (4) |
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569 | (1) |
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569 | (1) |
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569 | (2) |
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571 | (36) |
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571 | (2) |
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573 | (2) |
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14.3 Neutron Interactions |
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575 | (3) |
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14.3.1 Neutron Attenuation and Absorption |
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576 | (2) |
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578 | (13) |
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14.4.1 Dosimetry for Fast Neutrons |
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581 | (2) |
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14.4.2 Dose from Thermal Neutrons |
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583 | (2) |
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14.4.3 Monte Carlo Calculations of Neutron Dose |
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585 | (3) |
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14.4.4 Kerma for Neutrons |
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588 | (1) |
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14.4.5 Dose Equivalent Versus Neutron Flux |
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588 | (3) |
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14.4.6 Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) |
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591 | (1) |
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591 | (7) |
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14.5.1 Neutron Shielding Materials |
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591 | (2) |
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14.5.2 Neutron Shielding Calculations |
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593 | (1) |
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14.5.3 Neutron Removal Coefficients |
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594 | (3) |
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14.5.4 Neutron Attenuation in Concrete |
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597 | (1) |
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598 | (7) |
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14.6.1 Measurement of Thermal Neutrons |
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599 | (1) |
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14.6.2 Measurement of Intermediate and Fast Neutrons |
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600 | (2) |
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602 | (2) |
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604 | (1) |
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14.6.5 Flux Depression of Neutrons |
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604 | (1) |
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605 | (2) |
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605 | (1) |
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605 | (1) |
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606 | (1) |
| Answers to Selected Problems |
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607 | (6) |
| Appendix A |
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613 | (2) |
| Appendix B |
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615 | (10) |
| Appendix C |
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625 | (4) |
| Appendix D |
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629 | (28) |
| Index |
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