TY - JOUR
T1 - The development of the k0 method in Peru
T2 - Past, present and future perspectives
AU - Montoya, E.
AU - Bedregal, P.
AU - Mendoza, P.
AU - Ubillús, M.
AU - Torres, B.
AU - Cohen, I. M.
PY - 2010/10/11
Y1 - 2010/10/11
N2 - The k0 method was implemented at the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN), by 1993. Since the middle of 1994, almost all INAA work at IPEN is performed by the k0 method. The establishment, applications, development and future of the method in Peru are presented from a retrospective and prospective view. Attention is paid to difficult aspects, e.g. counting efficiency, characterization of irradiation facility; non-ideal behaviour of the epithermal neutron spectrum and consistency of nuclear input data.
AB - The k0 method was implemented at the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN), by 1993. Since the middle of 1994, almost all INAA work at IPEN is performed by the k0 method. The establishment, applications, development and future of the method in Peru are presented from a retrospective and prospective view. Attention is paid to difficult aspects, e.g. counting efficiency, characterization of irradiation facility; non-ideal behaviour of the epithermal neutron spectrum and consistency of nuclear input data.
KW - CoMoAu set
KW - Neutron flux monitoring
KW - Nuclear data consistency
KW - ZrAuLu set
KW - k values
KW - k-INAA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956307632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.005
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.005
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:77956307632
VL - 622
SP - 381
EP - 384
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
SN - 0168-9002
IS - 2
ER -