In this paper we describe the development, testing, and characterization of three low-emission rate AmLi neutron sources. The sources are used to calibrate nuclear recoil response LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment. sources' emission was measured using $^{3}$He proportional tubes. gamma emissions were characterized a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector. Source-validated GEANT4 Monte Carlo...

This paper aims to inform the public and scientists not in the field of radioactivity on the way secondary activity measurements are undertaken at NMISA to ensure the quality of life of South Africans. Various secondary standard nuclear instruments are used for routine activity measurements for dissemination to the user community such as the nuclear medicine industry. Three instrument types are...

The measurement of β -decay rates in plasma, simulating stellar-like conditions, is high interest for the investigation radionuclides involved nuclear astrophysics processes. In new PANDORA plasma trap, to be built at INFN—Laboratori Nazionali del Sud Catania (Italy), will estimated by detecting γ -rays emitted daughter nuclei trapped confined plasma. present work describes efficiency High Puri...

Natural radionuclides present in soil as well as certain anthropogenic radionuclides released to the environment are the major contributors to terrestrial outdoor exposures. In the assessment of human exposures from environmental radioactivity, besides the conventional method of soil and vegetation sampling combined with laboratory based analyses of environmental media, the other choice would b...

GALILEO, a new 4π high-resolution γ-detection array, based on HPGe detectors, has been developed and installed at the Legnaro National Laboratories. The GALILEO array greatly benefits from fully-digital read-out chain, customized DAQ, variety of complementary detectors to improve resolving power by detection particles, ions or high-energy γ-ray transitions. In this work, full description includ...