Rapid Screening of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Nuclides (238U, 232Th) in Raw Materials and By-Products Samples Using XRF |
Park, Ji-Young
(Radiation Biotechnology and Applied Radioiostope Science, University of Science & Technology)
Lim, Jong-Myoung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Ji, Young-Yong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Lim, Chung-Sup (Radiation Biotechnology and Applied Radioiostope Science, University of Science & Technology) Jang, Byung-Uck (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety) Chung, Kun Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Lee, Wanno (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Kang, Mun-Ja (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) |
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