Affiliation:
1. Nuclear and Radiological Safety Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
This work presents a development of a new radiocarbon dating system based on
CO2 and liquid scintillation counting. The system is flexible enough to be
applied in different fields such as radiocarbon dating (up to about 32 000
years span), environmental radioactive monitoring, and determining the
fraction of biological carbon in environmentally-ecologically safe
biodegradable and bio-synthetic products, and help accreditation to
customaries. The implemented system is developed following the standard
method (ASTM D6866-06). It has been calibrated tested and verified for CO2
production, absorption, and counting (using appropriate reference materials
for the present-day, fossil, and in between ages). These results are
optimistic that the developed system can contribute to the accreditation of
ongoing and upcoming environment- friendly productions.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,Nuclear Energy and Engineering