Research Catalog

Title

Applied modeling and computations in nuclear science / Thomas M. Semkow, editor [and others] ; sponsored by the ACS divisions of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology and Computers in Chemistry.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Semkow, Thomas M.
• American Chemical Society. Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology.
• American Chemical Society. Division of Computers in Chemistry.

Description

xiii, 373 pages, 5 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series ; 945

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 945.

Subjects

• Nuclear chemistry > Congresses
• Radiation > Measurement > Congresses
• Radiochemistry > Mathematical models > Congresses
• Radiation > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Applied modeling and computations in nuclear science : the foundation for risk assessment and decision making / John E. Till and Helen A. Grogan -- 2. Nuclear data analysis and the national nuclear data center / P. Oblozinsky -- 3. Some perspectives on nuclear detection and the blank / L. A. Currie -- 4. Exponential decay law and nuclear statistics / Thomas M. Semkow -- 5. Modeling radionuclide transport in the environment and assessing risks to humans, flora, and fauna - the RESRAD family of codes / Charley Yu -- 6. Modeling of the Cerro Grande Fire at Los Alamos : an independent analysis of exposure, health risk, and communication with the public / Helen A. Grogan, Jill W. Aanenson, Patricia D. McGavran, Kathleen R. Meyer, H. Justin Mohler, S. Shawn Mohler, James R. Rocco, Arthur S. Rood, John E. Till and Lesley H. Wilson -- 7. Markov chain Monte Carlo for internal dosimetry on a supercomputer cluster / G. Miller, L. Bertelli, T. Little and R. Guilmette -- 8. Calculation of the external effective dose from a radioactive plume by using Monte Carlo dose kernel integration / P. Vojtyla -- 9. Modeling of human anatomy for radiation dosimetry : an example of the VIP-man model / X. George Xu -- 10. Thermohydraulic and nuclear modeling of natural fission reactors / Jason C. Viggato and William G. Culbreth -- 11. Modeling the effects of the trinity test / Thomas M. Semkow, Pravin P. Parekh and Douglas K. Haines -- 12. Three-dimensional particle transport methods and their applications / Alireza Haghighat and Glenn E. Sjoden -- 13. MCNP-CP : a correlated particle radiation source extension of a general purpose Monte Carlo n-particle transport code / Andrey N. Berlizov -- 14. Creation of realistic radiation transport models of radiation portal monitors for homeland security purposes / S. M. Robinson, R. Kouzes, R. J. McConn, Jr., R. Pagh, J. E. Schweppe and E. R. Siciliano -- 15. A random-walk solution to the heliospheric transport equation / Keran O'Brien -- 16. Dead time, pile-up, and counting statistics / S. Pomme -- 17. DCCS̲IM : a simulation routine for the validation of 4[pi] [beta]-[gamma] digital coincidence counting software / J. D. Keightley -- 18. Corrections for overdispersion due to correlated counts in radon measurements using grab scintillation cells, activated charcoal devices, and liquid scintillation charcoal devices / Phillip H. Jenkins, James F. Burkhart and Carl J. Kershner -- 19. Simulation of elution curves for chromatography columns with a low number of theoretical plates / Willy Bruchle -- 20. Problems with the uncertainty budget of half-life measurements / S. Pomme -- 21. Evaluating detection limits for environmental monitoring techniques in the areas of potential impact from nuclear installations / A. N. Berlizov, M. O. Grygorenko and V. V. Tryshyn -- 22. New approach for the decision level and the detection limit in paired counting when there is uncertainty concerning the expected blank count / W. E. Potter -- 23. Count rate estimation of a poisson process : unbiased fit versus central moment analysis of time interval spectra / S. Pomme and J. Keightley -- 24. Bayesian inference from the binomial and poisson processes for multiple sampling / Thomas M. Semkow.

ISBN

• 0841239827 (alk. paper)
• 9780841239821 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2006042988
• 9780841239821

OCLC

• ocm69028477
• SCSB-5303440

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries