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Irradiator Commissioning and Dosimetry for Assessment of LQ α and β Parameters, Radiation Dosing Schema, and in vivo Dose Deposition
Published on: March 11, 2021
Activity measurements and calibrations for 225Ac in radioactive equilibrium with its progeny
Denis E Bergeron1, Gulakhshan Hamad2, Brittany A Broder1
1Radiation Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA.
Abstract:
The massic activity of 225Ac in 0.1 mol/L HCl was measured by multiple primary methods over four consistent measurement campaigns. Results from the triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) method of liquid scintillation (LS) counting were in accord with other LS-based primary methods. The calibration of commercial radionuclide calibrators ("dose calibrators") is described, with discussion of current literature values. Comparisons between experimental ionization chamber and NaI(Tl) well counter responses and benchmarked Monte Carlo models are addressed.
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