1. Foreword

   • Jan John

   EditorialNotes Pages: xiii - xv

2. General statement on the current position of Nuclear-and Radiochemistry

   General Statement on the Current Position of Nuclear-and Radiochemistry Pages: A1 - A1

3. Radiochemistry in the twenty-first century: Strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

   • J. J. M. De Goeij

   General Statement on the Current Position of Nuclear-and Radiochemistry Pages: A3 - A11

4. Pu and Am determination in the environment—method development

   • M. Afonin
   • M. Simonoff
   • G. Ardisson

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A15 - A23

5. ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po determination in environmental samples using liquid scintillation counting and alpha spectrometry

   • D. Pérez Sánchez
   • A. Martin Sánchez
   • M. Jurado Vargas

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A25 - A30

6. Determination of radionuclides in foods from Minsk, Belarus, from Chernobyl to the present

   • E. J. Baratta

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A31 - A37

7. Characteristics of radionuclide contamination of different zones of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site “Opytnoe pole”

   • K. K. Kadyrzhanov
   • S. Khazhekber
   • Ch. Rofer

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A39 - A44

8. Radionuclide contamination of the LIRA faciliticies territory

   • K. K. Kadyrzhanov
   • A. Zh. Tuleushev
   • V. L. Poznyak

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A45 - A50

9. ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in fossil fuel combustion at the Šoštanj thermal power plant (Slovenia)

   • P. Vreček
   • L. Benedik

   Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A51 - A55

10. Study of removal processes of ⁷Be and ¹³⁷Cs from the atmosphere

    • G. Lujanienë

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A57 - A65

11. Sedimentological study of a lagoon through natural radioactivity and ¹³⁷Cs determinations

    • E. G. San Miguel
    • J. P. Pérez-Moreno
    • R. García-Tenorio

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A67 - A73

12. ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po levels in sediments, water, and bioindicators in the Cananeia-Iguape estuary-Sao Paulo-Brazil

    • R. T. Saito
    • I. I. L. Cunha
    • M. G. Tessler

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A75 - A81

13. Variations of iodine-129 activities in various seaweed collected on the French channel coast

    • C. Frechou
    • D. Calmet

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A83 - A90

14. Comparative analysis of cesium and potassium uptake in onion Allium cepa L.

    • P. Ł. Urban
    • G. Bystrzejewska-Piotrowska

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A91 - A96

15. Isotope exchange study of the dissociation of metal —humic substance complexes

    • J. Mizera
    • A. Jansová
    • F. Novák

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A97 - A101

16. The adsorption of caesium—137 on bentonites from the Carpathian basin

    • N. M. Nagy
    • J. Kónya
    • P. Kovács-Pálffy

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A103 - A111

17. Microbial reduction of ⁹⁹Tc (as TcO₄ ⁻) in anaerobic alkaline conditions

    • T. Khijniak
    • M. Simonoff
    • N. N. Medvedeva-Lyalikova

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A113 - A117

18. The degradation of ¹⁴C-labelled drilling chemicals in a simulated seabed study

    • D. Ö. Eriksen
    • P. Songe
    • M. T. Schaanning

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A119 - A125

19. A new code for modelling the near field diffusion releases from the final disposal of nuclear waste

    • D. Vopálka
    • A. Vokál

    Session 1: Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology Pages: A127 - A133

20. The remarkable metrological history of ¹⁴C dating: From ancient Egyptian artifacts to particles of soot and grains of pollen

    • L. A. Currie

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A137 - A160

21. k₀-NAA past the turn of the century: problems, concepts, insights, prospects

    • F. De Corte

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A161 - A170

22. Performance and frequency of use of NAA and other techniques during the certification of two new Polish CMRs prepared by INCT

    • R. Dybczyński
    • B. Danko
    • Z. Szopa

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A171 - A179

23. Simultaneous determination of radioactive halogen isotopes and ⁹⁹Tc

    • E. Kabai
    • N. Vajda
    • P. Gaca

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A181 - A188

24. INAA applied to Tradescantia pallida plant study for environmental pollution monitoring

    • M. Saiki
    • E. R. Alves
    • P. H. N. Saldiva

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A189 - A193

25. Elemental composition of leukocyte subfractions

    • L. L. Admans
    • N. M. Spyrou

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A195 - A200

26. Study of uptake of zinc into blood from a Nigerian diet using INAA

    • J. O. Ojo
    • R. O. Osoniyi
    • A. O. Aboderin

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A201 - A208

27. Selected trace and minor elements in sediments of Itaipu dam reservoir

    • J. F. Facetti-Masulli
    • P. Kump
    • Z. V. de Diaz

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A209 - A215

28. Determination of impurities in technical cobalt by instrumental neutron activation analysis

    • N. M. Mukhamedshina
    • A. A. Mirsagatova
    • V. G. Zinov’ev

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A217 - A223

29. Calculation of self-attenuation factors for well-type geometry

    • M. Korun
    • T. Vidmar

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A225 - A231

30. Non-destructive elemental analysis of copper-alloy artefacts with epithermal neutron-resonance capture

    • H. Postma
    • M. Blaauw
    • A. J. Nijboer

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A233 - A240

31. RBS and PIXE characterisation of Nd: KGW waveguiding films

    • A. Macková
    • V. Peřina
    • J. Lančok

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A241 - A246

32. Rutherford backscatering spectroscopy of optically silver doped amorphous chalcogenides

    • T. Wágner
    • M. Krbal
    • Mil. Vlček

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A247 - A256

33. Annual radiation dose determination in the luminescence dating of Ossendrecht sand: specific problems and procedures

    • S. M. Hossain
    • F. De Corte
    • P. Van den Haute

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A257 - A263

34. Photofission of ¹⁹⁷Au and ²⁰⁹Bi at intermediate energies

    • H. Haba
    • K. Sakamoto
    • I. Fujiwara

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A265 - A271

35. Experimental investigation of isotope fractionation factor for SO₂ in gas phase and SO₂ dissolved in methanol

    • A. Mikołajczuk
    • R. Wierzchnicki
    • A. G. Chmielewski

    Session 2: Nuclear Analytical Methods Pages: A273 - A278

36. State of art in experimental studies and theory of superheavy elements

    • I. Zvára

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A281 - A290

37. First chemical investigation of hassium (Hs, Z=108)

    • Ch. E. Düllmann
    • R. Dressler
    • Z. Qin

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A291 - A298

38. Transactinide nuclear chemistry at JAERI

    • Y. Nagame
    • H. Haba
    • A. Türler

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A299 - A304

39. Some new strategies for the chemical separation of actinides and lanthanides

    • M. J. Hudson

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A305 - A311

40. Determination of actinides in a variety of matrices

    • S. C. Olsen

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A313 - A324

41. The instrumental method of plutonium determination

    • B. B. Knyazev
    • I. V. Kazachevskiy
    • V. V. Kashirskiy

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A325 - A330

42. Uranyl p-toluenesulphonate and its crystal hydrates. Synthesis and dehydration-hydration processes

    • A. V. Baluev
    • V. S. Mityakhina
    • I. G. Suglobova

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A331 - A337

43. Determination of uranium photofission fragment (Xe, Sn, Sb, Te) yields over chlorine in on-line

    • D. N. Rassadov
    • Yu. Ts. Oganessian
    • A. F. Novgorodov

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A339 - A342

44. On my historical tours relating to radiochemistry, especially to M. Curie and F. Giesel

    • M. Sakanoue

    Session 3 Chemistry of Actinide and Trans-Actinide Elements Pages: A343 - A351

45. UV and electron beam crosslinked polyacrylate nanocomposites and their applications

    • A. Tauber
    • E. Hartmann
    • R. Mehnert

    Session 4 Ionising Radiation in Science, Technology, and Arts and Cultural Heritage Preservation Pages: A355 - A367

46. Electron beam/biological processing of anaerobic and aerobic sludge

    • V. Čuba
    • M. Pospíšil
    • J. Zábranská

    Session 4 Ionising Radiation in Science, Technology, and Arts and Cultural Heritage Preservation Pages: A369 - A374

47. Radiolysis of ZnSe(Te, O) scintillators at neutron- and gamma-irradiation

    • A. A. Kist
    • N. M. Mukhamedshina
    • E. M. Ibragimova

    Session 4 Ionising Radiation in Science, Technology, and Arts and Cultural Heritage Preservation Pages: A375 - A381

48. Radiation dechlorination of PCE and TCE in aqueous solutions

    • V. Múčka
    • B. Lízalová
    • D. Poláková

    Session 4 Ionising Radiation in Science, Technology, and Arts and Cultural Heritage Preservation Pages: A383 - A389

49. Thin-target excitation functions: a powerful tool for optimising yield, specific activity and radionuclidic purity of accelerator-produced radionuclides

    • M. L. Bonardi
    • F. Groppi
    • C. H. S. Mainardi

    Part II Pages: A393 - A403

50. Systematic recoil study of photospallation reactions on complex nuclei at intermediate energies

    • H. Haba
    • K. Sakamoto
    • I. Fujiwara

    Part II Pages: A405 - A410