Limit test for cobalt-60 in carbon-14 urea capsules by liquid scintillation counting

Yadong Wang1, Yi Wang2, Xiongxin Dai3

  • 1China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan, 030006, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.

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