Installation and calibration of Kayzero-assisted NAA in three Central European countries via a Copernicus project

An account is given of the installation and calibration of k(0)-based NAA - assisted by the DSM Kayzero/Solcoi software package - at the KFKI-AEKI. Budapest. the NPI. Rez and the US, Ljubljana. Not only the calibration of the Ge-detectors and the irradiation facilities are discussed. but also other important topics such as gamma-spectrometric hard- and -software, QC/QA of the IRMM-530 Al-Au flux monitor and the upgrade of the Kayzero/ Solcoi code. The work was performed in the framework of a European Copernicus JRP, coordinated by the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Gent, with DSM Research, Geleen, as the industrial partner. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.