Ultra-low-level determination of 236U in IAEA marine reference materials by ICPMS and AMS

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 823-828

  Lee, S H ^a,b   Povinec, P P ^a,c   Wyse, E ^a,d   Hotchkis, M A C ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d Frontier Geosciences   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Atom ratio of 236U 238U; High resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; IAEA reference material

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SEAWATER; URANIUM;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REPROCESSING PLANTS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; ULTRA-LOW-LEVEL DETERMINATION;

ISOTOPES;

SEA WATER; URANIUM; URANIUM 236;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; SEDIMENT;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 43049090399     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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