Front Cover -- Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis -- Copyright -- Acronyms - Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols -- ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- Foreword -- FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- Chapter 1 - Radiation Physics and Radionuclide Decay -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DISCOVERY AND EARLY CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOACTIVITY -- III. BASIC UNITS AND DEFINITIONS -- IV. PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEUS -- V. NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES -- VI. ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES -- VII. NUCLEAR REACTIONS -- VIII. PARTICULATE RADIATION -- IX. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - PHOTONS -- X. INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTER -- XI. RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR RECOIL -- XII. COSMIC RADIATION -- XIII. RADIATION DOSE -- XIV. STOPPING POWER AND LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER -- XV. RADIONUCLIDE DECAY, INGROWTH, AND EQUILIBRIUM -- XVI. RADIOACTIVITY UNITS AND RADIONUCLIDE MASS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Radioactivity Counting Statistics -- I.INTRODUCTION -- II. STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS -- III. ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF RESULTS -- IV. STATISTICAL INFERENCE -- V. REGRESSION -- VI. DETECTION LIMITS -- VII. METROLOGY APPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- RELEVANT STATISTICAL REFERENCES TABLES -- Chapter 3 - Gas Ionization Detectors -- I. INTRODUCTION: PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION DETECTION BY GAS IONIZATION -- II. CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS -- III. DEFINITION OF OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS -- IV. ION CHAMBERS -- V. PROPORTIONAL GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS -- VI. GEIGER-MÜLLER COUNTERS -- VII. SPECIAL TYPES OF IONIZATION DETECTORS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors -- PART 1 ELEMENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETECTOR MATERIALS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS -- III. RECORDABLE PARTICLES WITH SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS.

IV. TRACK FORMATION MECHANISMS AND CRITERIA -- V. TRACK REVELATION -- VI. PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION -- VII. TRACK FADING AND ANNEALING -- VIII. INSTRUMENTATION -- PART 2 APPLICATIONS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY -- III. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES -- IV. LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -- V. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION INDUCED MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Semiconductor Detectors -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GE DETECTORS -- III. SI DETECTORS -- IV. SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES WITH SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - Alpha Spectrometry -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ALPHA DECAY AND ALPHA-EMITTING NUCLIDES -- III. DETECTION SYSTEMS -- IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALPHA SPECTRUM -- V. RADIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING -- VI. DETERMINATION OF ALPHA ACTIVITY AND RECOVERY -- VII. QUALITY CONTROL -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BASIC THEORY -- III. LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER (LSC) OR ANALYZER (LSA) -- IV. QUENCH IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- V. METHODS OF QUENCH CORRECTION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- VI. ANALYSIS OF X-RAY, GAMMA-RAY, ATOMIC ELECTRON AND POSITRON EMITTERS -- VII. COMMON INTERFERENCES IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- VIII. MULTIPLE RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- IX. RADIONUCLIDE STANDARDIZATION -- X. NEUTRON/GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENT AND DISCRIMINATION -- XI. DOUBLE BETA (ββ) DECAY DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT -- XII. DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF NEUTRINOS -- XIII. MICROPLATE SCINTILLATION AND LUMINESCENCE COUNTING -- XIV. PERALS AND LS ALPHA-SPECTROMETRY WITH LAAPDS -- XV. SIMULTANEOUS α/β ANALYSIS -- XVI. PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS IN LSC -- XVII. SCINTILLATION IN NOBLE LIQUIDS -- XVIII. RADIONUCLIDE IDENTIFICATION -- XIX. AIR LUMINESCENCE COUNTING.

XX. LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER PERFORMANCE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Sample Preparation Techniques for Liquid Scintillation Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LSC COCKTAIL COMPONENTS1 -- III - DISSOLUTION -- IV. SOLUBILIZATION2 -- V. COMBUSTION -- VI. COMPARISON OF SAMPLE OXIDATION AND SOLUBILIZATION TECHNIQUES3 -- VII. CARBON DIOXIDE TRAPPING AND COUNTING4 -- VIII. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES ENCOUNTERED IN ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION -- IX. FILTER AND MEMBRANE COUNTING5 -- X. SAMPLE STABILITY TROUBLESHOOTING -- XI. SWIPE ASSAYS -- XII. PREPARATION AND USE OF QUENCH CURVES IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING6 -- XIII. ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE PREPARATION7 -- XIV. WASTE COCKTAILS - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Environmental Liquid Scintillation Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LOW-LEVEL LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING THEORY -- III. α/β DISCRIMINATION -- IV. ANALYSIS OF /β-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES -- V. ANALYSIS OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM NATURAL DECAY SERIES -- VI. ANALYSIS OF TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS -- VII. ANALYSIS OF 14C IN FUELS CONTAINING BIOGENIC MATERIALS -- VIII. SPECTRUM DECONVOLUTION METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 - Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring -- I. INTRODUCTION: OBJECTIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING -- II. TYPES OF MONITORING PROGRAMS -- III. FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING -- IV. MONITORING FOR INTERNAL EXPOSURE -- V. MONITORING FOR EXTERNAL EXPOSURE -- VI. MOBILE MONITORING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 - Radioactive Aerosol Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL SAMPLING AND MEASUREMENT -- III. RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS IN AMBIENT AIR -- IV. RESIDENCE TIME OF RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 - Marine Radioactivity Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SAMPLING TECHNIQUES -- III. UNDERWATER GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY.

IV. ANALYSIS OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES -- V. ANALYSIS OF ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES -- VI. ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES -- VII. ANALYSIS OF RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES -- VIII. MANAGEMENT OF DATA QUALITY -- IX. MARINE RADIOACTIVITY DATABASES -- X. MARINE RADIOACTIVITY STUDIES - EXAMPLES -- XI. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 - Inorganic Mass Spectrometry of Radionuclides -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PRINCIPLES OF MASS SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION -- III. ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS -- IV. APPLICATIONS -- V. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 - Radionuclide Standardization -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ABSOLUTE DIRECT METHODS -- III. SOLID-ANGLE PRIMARY METHODS -- IV. RELATIVE METHODS -- V. REFERENCE SYSTEMS -- VI. PREPARATION OF RADIOACTIVE SAMPLES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 - Cherenkov Counting -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DISCOVERY OF CHERENKOV RADIATION -- III. THEORY AND PROPERTIES OF CHERENKOV RADIATION -- IV. QUENCHING AND QUENCH CORRECTION -- V. CHERENKOV COUNTING PARAMETERS -- VI. CHERENKOV COUNTING IN THE DRY STATE -- VII. RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS WITH SILICA AEROGELS -- VIII. CHERENKOV COUNTING IN MICROPLATE FORMAT -- IX. MULTIPLE RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- X. RADIONUCLIDE STANDARDIZATION -- XI. GAMMA-RAY DETECTION -- XII. PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION -- XIII. NEUTRINO DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT -- XIV. APPLICATIONS IN RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- XV. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES IN RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- XVI. RECOMMENDATIONS IN RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 - Solid Scintillation Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PRINCIPLES OF SOLID SCINTILLATION -- III. SOLID SCINTILLATION ANALYZER -- IV. CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF SOLID SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS -- V. AUTOMATED SOLID SCINTILLATION ANALYZERS -- VI. DETECTION OF NEUTRONS -- VII. SCINTILLATION IN PLASTIC MEDIA.

VIII. N/γ PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION -- IX. BONNER SPHERE NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY -- X. LUCAS CELL -- XI. PHOSWICH DETECTORS -- XII. NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS -- XIII. DOUBLE BETA (ββ) DECAY MEASUREMENTS -- XIV. SCINTILLATING BOLOMETERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 - Flow-Cell Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HPLC FLOW SCINTILLATION ANALYZERS -- III. PRINCIPLES OF FLOW SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- IV. FLOW SCINTILLATOR SELECTION -- V. DUAL-FUNCTIONALITY FLOW-CELL DETECTORS -- VI. FLOW-CELL RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS SEQUENTIAL TO SEPARATION -- VII. STOPPED-FLOW DETECTION -- VIII. FLOW-CELL EFFLUENT WATER MONITORS -- IX. SINGLE-RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS IN HPLC -- X. DUAL-RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- XI. ON-LINE HPLC-FSA AND MASS SPECTROMETRY (MS)1 -- XII - ON-LINE FSA AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)2 -- XIII - ON-LINE HPLC-FSA-MS-NMR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18 - Automated Radiochemical Separation, Analysis, and Sensing -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATIONS -- III. AUTOMATION OF RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS USING FLOW INJECTION OR SEQUENTIAL INJECTION FLUIDICS -- IV. SELECTED RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS EXAMPLES -- V. AUTOMATION USING ROBOTICS -- VI. AUTOMATED MONITORS FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE NUCLEAR PROCESSES -- VII. RADIONUCLIDE SENSORS AND SYSTEMS FOR WATER MONITORING -- VIII. MEDICAL ISOTOPE GENERATION -- IX. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19 - High-Resolution Beta Imaging -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. AUTORADIOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES -- III. ENERGY-STORAGE LATENT IMAGING -- IV. PARTICLE-COUNTING IMAGING SYSTEMS -- V. COMPARATIVE USE OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES -- VI. OTHER APPLICATIONS -- VII. PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20 - Analytical Techniques in Nuclear Safeguards -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II.PHOTON-BASED ASSAY FOR SAFEGUARDS -- III. NEUTRON-BASED ASSAY FOR SAFEGUARDS -- IV. CALORIMETRIC ASSAY -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 21 - Nuclear Forensics.