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Broda R, Ziemek T, Marganiec-Gałązka J, Czudek M, Kossert K, Listkowska A, Lech E, Tymiński Z, Saganowski P, Coulon R, Michotte C. Measurement of the activity and determination of the half-life of 225Ac at POLATOM. Appl Radiat Isot 2023; 201:110987. [PMID: 37660500 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
Abstract
A method for absolute measurements of the 225Ac activity in equilibrium with its progeny was developed. Measurements were performed using the triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) method in two different TDCR counters. The activity concentration of an 225Ac solution was determined and the solution was sent to the SIR system for a comparison. The half-life of 225Ac was determined by one of the TDCR counters and found to be 9.9150(63) days.
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- R Broda
- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland.
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- NCBJ Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, 92312, Sèvres, Cedex, France
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, 92312, Sèvres, Cedex, France
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Coulon R, Leobino da Silva MA, Bendall E, Bergeron DE, Bobin C, Bonková I, Bowan AHH, Ryszard B, Capogni M, Capone M, Carconi P, Cassette P, Jeffrey TC, Clark EL, Collins S, Courte S, Czudek M, da Silva CJ, de Almeida Rangel J, De Felice P, Fan F, Fazio A, Fitzgerald RP, Fréchou C, Galea R, Gressier V, Iwahara A, Judge SM, Keevers CMB, Keightley J, Kossert K, Krivošík M, Kulkarni DB, Laureano-Perez L, Lech E, Leiras A, Liang J, Lima da Cruz PA, Lins da Silva R, Listkowska A, Liu H, Liu M, Lubbe J, Michotte C, Moore K, Nähle O, Nonis M, Pearce A, Pibida L, Quadros ALL, Ramirez N, Ravindra A, Sabot B, Saganowski P, Sathian V, Smith ML, Sharma R, Takács MP, van Rooy MW, Shearman R, van Staden MJ, van Wyngaardt WM, Yang Z, Zarifi M, Zhang M, Ziemek T. The international reference system for beta-particle emitting radionuclides: Validation through the pilot study CCRI(II)-P1.Co-60. Appl Radiat Isot 2023; 200:110945. [PMID: 37515859 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
Abstract
The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) is developing a new transfer instrument to extend its centralized services for assessing the international equivalence of radioactive standards to new radionuclides. A liquid scintillation counter using the triple/double coincidence ratio method is being studied and tested in the CCRI(II)-P1.Co-60 pilot study. The pilot study, involving 13 participating laboratories with primary calibration capabilities, validated the approach against the original international reference system based on ionization chambers, which has been in operation since 1976. The results are in agreement and an accuracy suitable for purpose, below 5×10-4, is achieved. The pilot study also reveals an issue when impurities emitting low-energy electrons are present in the standard solution, which have a different impact on liquid scintillation counting compared to other primary measurement methods.
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- Romain Coulon
- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France.
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Slovenský Metrologický ústav, Karloveská 63, 842 55, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- ENEA-Italian National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology, Via Anguillarese - 301, I-00123, Roma, (IT), Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology, Via Anguillarese - 301, I-00123, Roma, (IT), Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology, Via Anguillarese - 301, I-00123, Roma, (IT), Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120, Palaiseau, France
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- ENEA-Italian National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology, Via Anguillarese - 301, I-00123, Roma, (IT), Italy
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- ENEA-Italian National Institute of Ionizing Radiation Metrology, Via Anguillarese - 301, I-00123, Roma, (IT), Italy
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120, Palaiseau, France
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- National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A0R6, Canada
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Slovenský Metrologický ústav, Karloveská 63, 842 55, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- National Metrology Institute of South Africa, 15 Lower Hope Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France
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- National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A0R6, Canada
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92312, Sèvres Cedex, France
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, LNMRI/IRD, Av. Salvador Allende, 3773, CEP 22783-127, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91120, Palaiseau, France
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- National Metrology Institute of South Africa, 15 Lower Hope Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road Middlesex, TW11 0LW, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- National Metrology Institute of South Africa, 15 Lower Hope Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
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- National Institute of Metrology (NIM), 100029, Beijing, China
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, 05-400, Otwock, Poland
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Sima O, De Vismes Ott A, Dias MS, Dryak P, Ferreux L, Gurau D, Hurtado S, Jodlowski P, Karfopoulos K, Koskinas MF, Laubenstein M, Lee YK, Lépy MC, Luca A, Menezes MO, Moreira DS, Nikolič J, Peyres V, Saganowski P, Savva MI, Semmler R, Solc J, Thanh TT, Tyminska K, Tyminski Z, Vidmar T, Vukanac I, Yucel H. Consistency test of coincidence-summing calculation methods for extended sources. Appl Radiat Isot 2019; 155:108921. [PMID: 31629294 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
An internal consistency test of the calculation of coincidence-summing correction factors FC for volume sources is presented. The test is based on exact equations relating the values of FC calculated for three ideal measurement configurations. The test is applied to a number of 33 sets of FC values sent by 21 teams. Most sets passed the test, but not the results obtained using the quasi-point source approximation; in the latter case the test qualitatively indicated the magnitude of the bias of FC.
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- O Sima
- Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania; Horia Hulubei National Institute for R & D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
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- Nuclear Metrology Laboratory, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Czech Metrology Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- IRSN / PSE-ENV / SAME / LMN, Vésinet, France
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R & D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
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- Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Department, Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Metrology Laboratory, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Assergi, Italy
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- DEN/DANS/DM2S/SERMA, CEA-Saclay, France
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- Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay, France
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R & D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Nuclear Metrology Laboratory, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Nuclear Metrology Laboratory, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Radiation Measurements, Department of Radiation and Environmental Protection, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratorio de Metrología de Radiaciones Ionizantes, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
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- INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Metrology Laboratory, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Czech Metrology Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- University of Science, VNU-HCM, Faculty of Physics & Engineering Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Radioisotope Centre, POLATOM, NCBJ, Poland
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- Radioisotope Centre, POLATOM, NCBJ, Poland
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- SCK•CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Radiation Measurements, Department of Radiation and Environmental Protection, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Ankara University, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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