The Geant4 software is used to simulate the CsI detector to measure the mixed energy spectrum from three radionuclides in the nuclear waste barrel. In this paper, a variety of methods are used to perform peak-seeking analysis on the mixed energy spectrum generating from 60Co, 137Cs and 226Ra, the effects of each peak-seeking method are compared for this complex energy spectrum. In this comparative experiment, the results show that the morphological energy spectrum peak-seeking method is more suitable for the energy spectrum from a mixture of multiple radionuclides.
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Luo, R. , Huang, Y. and Liu, X. (2020). Comparative Study on Peak-Seeking Methods of the Mixed Radioactive Energy Spectrum. Open Access Library Journal, 7, e6676. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1106676.
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