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IAEA project aims to develop polymer irradiation model
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a new coordinated research project (CRP) aimed at creating a database of polymer-radiation interactions in the next five years with the long-term goal of using the database to enable machine learning–based predictive models.
Radiation-induced modifications are widely applicable across a range of fields including healthcare, agriculture, and environmental applications, and exposure to radiation is a major factor when considering materials used at nuclear power plants.
Nader M. A. Mohamed, M. Abou Mandour, M. K. Shaat, Alya A. Badawi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 153 | Number 3 | March 2006 | Pages 360-364
Technical Note | Radiation Measurements and Instrumentation | doi.org/10.13182/NT06-A3713
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A method was proposed to transfer the efficiency of gamma-ray spectrometers calibrated with a standard water source to suit other samples. In our method, it is not important to know the concentration of the major elements of the sample to be measured. This gives a special importance to our method for low-energy photon detection where the self-absorption is strongly material dependent.