Rapid identification and analysis of airborne plutonium using a combination of alpha spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-465

  Farmer, Dennis E ^a   Steed, Amber C ^a   Sobus, Jon ^a   Stetzenbach, Klaus ^b   Lindley, Kaz ^b   Hodge, Vernon F ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Emergency planning; Plutonium; Spectroscopy, alpha

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH 212; LEAD 212; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 242; POLONIUM; POLONIUM 212; POLONIUM 214; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

AIR SAMPLING; ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

THORON;

EID: 0042334536     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200310000-00009     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Becker JB, Dietze H-J. Precise and accurate isotope ratio measurements by ICP-MS. Fresenius J Anal Chem 368:23-30; 2000.
2. Chamberlain AC. Radioactive aerosols. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press; 1991.
3. Chu NY. Plutonium determination in soil by leaching and ion-exchange separation. Anal Chem 43:449-452; 1971.
4. Crain JS. Applications of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in environmental radiochemistry. Spectroscopy 11:30-39; 1996.
5. Gollnick DA. Basic radiation protection. Temple City, CA: Pacific Radiation Press; 1983.
6. Guogang J, Testa C, Desideri D, Guerra F, Roselli C. Sequential separation and determination of plutonium, americium-241 and strontium-90 in soils and sediments. J Rad Nucl Chem 230:21-27; 1998.
7. Henry R, Koller D, Liezers M, Farmer OT, Barinaga C, Koppenaal DW, Wacker J. New advances in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in the nuclear industry. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 249:103-108; 2002.
8. Hodge VF, Laing GA. An evaluation of the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer for the determination of radium-226 in drinking water. Radchm Acta 64:211-215; 1994.
9. Hoover MD, Newton GJ. Radioactive aerosols. In: Klaus W, Baron AB, eds. Aerosol measurement: Principles, techniques, and applications. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1993: 768-798.
10. Hrnecek E, Irlweck K. Determination of americium and plutonium in contaminated soil samples. In: Newton GWA, ed. Environmental radiochemical analysis. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry; 1999: 73-80.
11. Huang S, Schery SD, Alcantara RE, Dale NV, Rodgers JC. Micrometer-sized short-lived radioactive aerosol particles for convenient use in laboratory measurements. Health Phys 82:847-854; 2002.
12. Ibrahim SA, Webb SB, Whicker FW. A semi-automated approach for processing and extracting low-level plutonium from soil. J Rad Nucl Chem 177:127-138; 1994.
13. Leavitt VD. Soil surveys of five plutonium-contaminated areas on the test range complex in Nevada. In: Dunaway PB, White MG, eds. The dynamics of plutonium in desert environments. Las Vegas, NV: NAEG; Progress Rpt; 1974: 21-27.
14. Mohagheghi AH, Ghanbari F, Ebara SB, Enghauser ME, Bakhitar SN. Direct analysis of air filter samples for alpha emitting isotopes. J Rad Nucl Chem 234:261-266; 1998.
15. Morrow RW, Crain JS. Applications of inductively coupled mass spectrometry to radionuclide determinations. West Conshohocken, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials; ASTM STP 1344; 1998.
16. Scarpitta SC, Miltenberger RP, Carte N. Rapid analytical technique to identity alpha emitting isotopes in water, air-filters, urine and solid matrices using a frisch grid detector. In: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference on Bioassay, Analytical, and Environmental Chemistry: Technical Workshops Abstracts. Seattle, WA: Los Alamos National Laboratory; 2000.
17. Semkow TM, Parekh PP. Principles of gross alpha and beta radioactivity detection in water. Health Phys 81:567-574; 2001.
18. Shiraishi F, Takami Y, Hashimoto T. Features associated with alpha spectrometry using infinitely thick sources. In: Newton GWA, ed. Environmental radiochemical analysis. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry; 1998: 265-271.
19. Sill CW. Rapid monitoring of soil, water, and air dusts by direct large-area alpha spectrometry. Health Phys 69:21-33; 1995.
20. Spengler J, Wilson R. Emissions, dispersions, and concentrations of particles. In: Wilson R, Spengler JD, eds. Particles in our air: concentrations and health effects. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1996: 41-62.
21. Tovo LL, Clymire JW, Boyce WT, Kinard WF. Actinide, elemental, and fission product measurements by ICPMS at the Savannah River Site. In: Morrow RW, Crain JS, eds. Applications of inductively coupled-mass spectrometry to radionuclide determinations. West Conshohocken, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials; ASTM STP 1344; 1998.
22. U.S. Department of Energy. U.S. Department of Energy Response to the 24 Command Wildland Fire on the Hanford Site - June 27-July 1, 2000. Richland, WA: U.S. DOE; DOE/RL-2000-63; 2000.
23. U.S. Department of the Interior. Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire, May 4-8, 2000, Investigation Report May 18, 2000. Boise, ID: National Interagency Fire Center; 2000.
24. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Limiting values of radionuclide intake and air concentration and dose conversion factors for inhalation, submersion, and ingestion. Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. EPA Office of Radiation Programs; Federal Guidance Report No. 11; 1988.
25. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Center for radioanalysis and quality assurance. Las Vegas, NV: Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory; 2000.
26. Yu Y-F, Salbu B, Bjomstad HE. Recent advances in the determination of low level plutonium in environmental and biological materials. J Rad Nucl Chem 148:163-174; 1991.