Scientific Reviews: Radioanalytical Investigations at the IBR-2 Reactor in Dubna

In spite of competing non-nuclear analytical techniques (AAS, ICP-ES, ICP-MS, etc.), reactor neutron activation analysis (NAA) continues to be the most powerful multi-element analytical technique used in geosciences, life sciences, and materials science. Non-destructive NAA, being a technique based on a physical principle different from those of other trace element techniques, should always be used, if feasible, when the need for better quantification of trace elements at ultra-low levels is desirable. In the certification of reference material, NAA as an accurate technique has played and is still playing a key role, even for elements where other techniques have replaced NAA in practical work.

Acknowledgments

The author thanks the staff members of the Department of Neutron Activation Analysis of FLNP JINR for their dedicated cooperation.

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