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The NIST high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry facility is composed of six High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors and a silicon-drifted detector. The HPGe
Cryogenic detectors provide some of the highest energy resolution spectra available, due to their intrinsic low thermal noise. The NIST cryogenic decay energy
As part of the building 245 modernization project, NIST has built a new facility designed to allow the testing of small radiation detection instruments, such as
Radioactivity measurements for diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine in the United States are based on measurements at NIST. Activity measurements for γ