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Published on: May 3, 2019
Experimental determination of some nuclear decay data in the decays of (177)Lu, (186)Re and (124)I
Aurelian Luca1, Maria Sahagia1, Mihail-Razvan Ioan1
1Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH Bucharest, 30 Reactorului Street, Magurele, Ilfov county, PO Box MG-6, RO 077125, Romania.
Abstract:
A detailed experimental study of the radionuclides (177)Lu, (186)Re and (124)I was conducted at IFIN-HH, Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory. Absolute photon emission intensities in the decays of these radionuclides were measured by high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry. Half-life measurements using a well-type ionization chamber were also performed. These new experimental results will be useful for the future updates of the existing nuclear decay data evaluations, offering reliable and accurate data for the users.
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