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Tran Thien Thanh1, Le Quang Vuong2, Phan Long Ho3
1Department of Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Physics and Engineering Physics, VNUHCM-University of Science, 227, Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Nuclear Technique Laboratory, VNUHCM-University of Science, 227, Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Abstract:
In this work, an advanced analytical procedure was applied to calculate radioactivity in spiked water samples in a close geometry gamma spectroscopy. It included MCNP-CP code in order to calculate the coincidence summing correction factor (CSF). The CSF results were validated by a deterministic method using ETNA code for both p-type HPGe detectors. It showed that a good agreement for both codes. Finally, the validity of the developed procedure was confirmed by a proficiency test to calculate the activities of various radionuclides. The results of the radioactivity measurement with both detectors using the advanced analytical procedure were received the ''Accepted'' statuses following the proficiency test.
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