Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis

Michael F. L'Annunziata earned his PhD degree in 1970 at the University of Arizona. His thesis research in the 1960s under contract with the then-US Atomic Energy Commission dealt with the analysis of radionuclides and chemical remediation of the environment in the event of fission product fallout from nuclear war. L'Annunziata was formerly Head of Fellowships and Training at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria; and he has served as a representative and lecturer for the IAEA on peaceful applications of nuclear energy for development in over 40 countries of the world from 1976-2007 and currently a private consultant in radioactivity analysis. Michael is the recipient of the 2022 Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education granted by the American Nuclear Society.

Introduction: Nuclear Radiation, Its Interaction with Matter and Radioisotope Decay.Gas Ionization Detectors.Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors.Semiconductor Detectors.Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice.Environmental Liquid Scintillation Analysis.Radioactivity Counting Statistics.Sample Preparation Techniques for Liquid Scintillation Analysis.Cherenkov Counting.Radioisotope Mass Spectrometry.Solid Scintillation Analysis.Flow Scintillation Analysis.Radionuclide Imaging.Automated Radiochemical Separation, Analysis, and Sensing.Radiation Dosimetry.