DETERMINATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF LONG-LIVED 41Ca IN REACTOR BIOLOGICAL SHIELDING MATERIALS BY PHOTOACTIVATION METHOD

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Abstract

The paper discusses a photoactivation method for determining the activity of the long-lived isotope 41Ca relative to the activity of 60Co in irradiated reactor biological shielding concrete. It is proposed to use photonuclear reactions on cobalt and calcium isotopes: 59Co(γ,

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M. V. Zheltonozhskaya

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Email: zhelton@yandex.ru
Moscow, Russia

Y. O. Balaba

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Moscow, Russia

D. A. Iyusyuk

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Moscow, Russia

N. V. Kuzmenkova

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Moscow, Russia

A. P. Chernyaev

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Moscow, Russia

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