The 2021 IAEA software intercomparison for k0-INAA

Development of k0-INAA standardization method by neutron activation with Am-Be source.

The k(0)-standardization method on the (241)Am-Be isotopic neutron source has been studied and developed. In this paper, the characteristics of the neutron spectrum in an isotropic neutron field of (241)Am-Be isotopic neutron sources was experimentally determined by dual monitor method using measured cadmium ratios of (197)Au(n, γ)(198)Au and (98)Mo(n, γ)(99)Mo(β(-))(99m)Tc reactions. Applicati...

Software for the IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Standards

Application of IDEAS guidelines: the IDEAS/IAEA intercomparison exercise on internal dose assessment.

As part of the EU Fifth Framework Programme IDEAS project 'General Guidelines for the Evaluation of Incorporation Monitoring Data', and in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, a new intercomparison exercise for the assessment of doses from intakes of radionuclides was organised. Several cases were selected, to cover a wide range of practices in the nuclear fuel cycle and m...

Isotopic, geophysical and biogeochemical investigation of submarine groundwater discharge: IAEA-UNESCO intercomparison exercise at Mauritius Island.

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into a shallow lagoon on the west coast of Mauritius Island (Flic-en-Flac) was investigated using radioactive ((3)H, (222)Rn, (223)Ra, (224)Ra, (226)Ra, (228)Ra) and stable ((2)H, (18)O) isotopes and nutrients. SGD intercomparison exercises were carried out to validate the various approaches used to measure SGD including radium and radon measurements, seepa...

Remarks on the hadronic matrix elements relevant to the SUSY K0−K0 mixing amplitude

We compute the 1-loop chiral corrections to the bag parameters which are needed for the discussion of the SUSY K0−K0 mixing problem in both finite and infinite volume. We then show how the bag parameters can be combined among themselves and with some auxiliary quantities and thus sensibly reduce the systematic errors due to chiral extrapolations as well as those due to finite volume artefacts t...