Fractionation of plutonium in environmental and bio-shielding concrete samples using dynamic sequential extraction

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Qiao, Jixin ^a   Hou, Xiaolin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concrete; Environmental samples; Fractionation; Mobility; Plutonium; Sequential extraction; Sequential injection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; EXTRACTION COLUMNS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL INJECTION; SEQUENTIAL INJECTION SYSTEMS; SHIELDING CONCRETE; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PLUTONIUM; POSITIVE IONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR SHIELDING; SHIELDING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

EXTRACTION;

CONCRETE; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

CONCRETE; EXTRACTION METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOBILITY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; NUCLEAR WASTE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RADIATION SHIELD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOREACTORS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE;

EID: 77649272378     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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