Characterization of 252Cf sources using high-resolution gamma spectroscopy

MM Watson, R Venkataraman, S Croft - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2021 - Elsevier
Californium-252 is used as a neutron calibration source for passive neutron correlation
counting. Source age and isotopic information are needed to make decay corrections to the …

The γ-ray spectrum of 252Cf and the information contained within it

RJ Gehrke, R Aryaeinejad, JK Hartwell… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
We identify the information contained within a 252Cf γ-ray spectrum and discuss the spectral
differences between freshly prepared and decayed sources. From this study we have …

Characterization of young Californium sources by means of γ-ray spectroscopy

K Wu, F Becker, R Dagan - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spontaneous fission and neutron emission properties of Californium sources serve as a
unique tool to analyze and validate the quality of detection of fission products. State-of-the …

252Cf yield calibration method for nuclear material accountancy and safeguards practitioners

ML Lockhart, D Henzlova, TL Burr, S Croft… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Californium-252 is an isotope commonly encapsulated as a physically small but strong
spontaneous fission neutron source for applications in industry, academia, and research …

Characterization of 244Cm neutron sources

R Radev, TD McLean - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a need to find a replacement for the 252 Cf sources currently used in Standards-
based performance testing of neutron instrumentation. This is a result of its relatively short …

Characterization of californium sources by gamma spectrometry: relevance for nuclear forensics

AI Apostol, J Zsigrai, J Bagi, M Brandis… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2019 - Springer
High-resolution gamma spectrometry was used to study characteristics of californium
neutron sources—age, isotopic composition and impurity radionuclides, as well as the effect …

Determining 252Cf source strength by absolute passive neutron correlation counting

S Croft, D Henzlova - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2013 - Elsevier
Physically small, lightly encapsulated, radionuclide sources containing 252Cf are widely
used for a vast variety of industrial, medical, educational and research applications requiring …

Investigation of the implications of 250Cf and 248Cm in 252Cf neutron sources.

NJ Roberts, LN Jones - 2004 - eprintspublications.npl.co.uk
One of the most common radionuclide neutron sources used for calibration of detectors is
252Cf. However, these sources are not isotopically pure and also contain the neutron …

Electronic Assay of Californium-252 Neutron Sources

TR Herold - Nuclear Technology, 1972 - Taylor & Francis
A new electronic method has been developed that requires about 10 min to assay 252Cf
sources between 1 μg and 50 mg. The assay is made by placing the 252Cf source in the …

Automated absolute activation analysis with californium-252 sources

KW MacMurdo, WW Bowman - 1978 - osti.gov
A 100-mg/sup 252/Cf neutron activation analysis facility is used routinely at the Savannah
River Laboratory for multielement analysis of many solid and liquid samples. An absolute …