The United Kingdom (UK) has a significant legacy of nuclear installations to be
decommissioned over the next 100 years and a thorough characterisation is required prior …

This paper reports on the state-of-the-art of the main non-destructive assay (NDA)
techniques usually used for in-situ radiological characterization of nuclear facilities subject …

The advent of diffraction-limited storage rings (DLSRs) has boosted the brilliance or
coherent flux by one to two orders of magnitude with respect to the previous generation. One …

Cameras sensitive to ultraviolet light can be applied to detection of surface contamination
induced by alpha particle emitters. When absorbed in air, alpha particles excite nitrogen …

Alpha particles can be detected by measuring the radioluminescence light which they
induce when absorbed in air. The light is emitted in the near ultraviolet region by nitrogen …

Remote detection of alpha emitters is achieved by measuring the secondary
radioluminescence light (air fluorescence) that is induced by alpha particles when absorbed …

In this article we present a quantitative analysis of the second positive system of molecular
nitrogen and the first negative system of the molecular nitrogen cation excited in the …

The detection of α particles is of great significance in military and civil nuclear facility
management. At present, the contact method is mainly used to detect α particles, but its …

Heavy nuclides like uranium and their decay products are commonly found in nuclear
industries and can pose a significant health risk to humans due to their alpha-emitting …

Alpha emitters like plutonium pose severe health risks when ingested, damaging DNA and
potentially causing cancer. Traditional detection methods require proximity within millimeters …