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NADA: A versatile PC based program for neutron activation data analysis

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We have developed a PC based program for neutron activation data analysis using the FORTRAN and C languages. The routines are based on creating files associated with conventional ORTEC hardware and output software. The main features of the program include radionuclide identification, and the use of semi-automatic integration or the peak fitting SAMPO routine. Other developments are hard and soft copy records for detailed sample identification and particular irradiation, decay and counting procedures. Flux variations, high deadtime corrections, counting geometries, spectral and nuclear interferences, as well as uranium fission interferences are also automatically accounted for. The data output includes concentration values in %, ppm, μg or ppb units with associated errors, while detection limits for each individual sample are indicated. Further data output can easily be generated which can be imported to most spreadsheet programs for various statistical uses. A future implementation to the program will include batch-file processing and automated self-absorption calculations for geological samples.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 103 South Goodwin Ave., 214 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    S. Landsberger & P. Domagala

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, 1304 West Springfield Avenue, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    W. D. Cizek

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Landsberger, S., Cizek, W.D. & Domagala, P. NADA: A versatile PC based program for neutron activation data analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 160, 277–287 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041677

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