Correlation relations for estimating the content of plutonium isotopes in fallout due to the Chernobyl accident.

Autor: É. Rudak, A. Él’mansuri, O. Yachnik
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Zdroj: Atomic Energy; Oct2007, Vol. 103 Issue 4, p809-814, 6p
Abstrakt: Abstract  The possibility of determining the total α activity A(239,240Pu) of 239Pu + 240Pu according to the γ radiation of 103Ru and 106Ru is examined. The statistical properties of the experimental ratios of the activities ρ = A(106Ru)/A(103Ru) are investigated. The distribution of the experimental ratios is similar to the theoretical ratios for fuel and close to a Gaussian distribution with average value 〈p〉 = 0.22 and standard deviation Δ ∼ 0.06. This ratio is used to obtain a relation for estimating A(239,240Pu) from the γ activity A(103Ru). A theoretical analysis is made of the experimental data for the southern raions of Gomel oblast. It is shown that given a good statistical sample of measurements of the γ activity of 103Ru it is possible to estimate the average value of the γ activity A(239,240Pu) and with probability 0.95 the interval of the possible values of this activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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