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An extraction method has been used to determine cerium144 in vegetation and soil. The principle advantages of the method are, (1) equilibration of cerium carrier and activity in the initial step of the procedure, (2) provision for the determination of strontium-90 and cesium-137 in vegetation and strontium-90 and normal cerium in soil. The results of measurements on fourteen wheat samples col l...

Brachytherapy describes a process where radioactive sources are inserted directly into the target area of a patient to treat disease. Before they can be used for treatment, brachytherapy sources must be calibrated such that medical physicists know their exact air kerma strength a quantity given by manufacturers as a standard. Each individual source must be measured before use. Therefore, medica...

The safety and security risk posed by highly radioactive, long-lived sources at the end of their normal use has not been consistently well-managed in previous decades. The Brazilian Cs-137 accident in 1986 and the Thailand Co-60 accident in 2000 are prime examples of the consequences that ensue from the loss of control of highly dangerous sources after their normal use. With the new internation...

A quasi-exactly solvable model is one for which it is possible to solve the Schrödinger equation exactly for a finite portion of the energy spectrum [1]. In quantum chemistry, a famous example of this is the Hooke’s law atom [2–5], which consists of a pair of electrons, repelling Coulombically but trapped in a harmonic external potential. This model and others [6–12] have been used extensively ...

Concentration of radioactive isotopes in honey constitutes an important bioindicator of environmental radiation. One hundred six honey samples were collected from hives and from bottled honey provided by beekeepers from north-eastern Poland in 2010, before the Fukushima accident, and during the two-year period directly following this catastrophe (2011-2012). Cesium-137 (Cs-137) and potassium-40...