Rapid separation method for 237Np and Pu isotopes in large soil samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 917-923

  Maxwell, Sherrod L ^a   Culligan, Brian K ^a   Noyes, Gary W ^a  

^a Department of Energy Savannah River Site   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Lanthanum fluoride; Neptunium; Plutonium; Rapid; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL RECOVERY; COLUMN SEPARATION; HYDROXIDE PRECIPITATION; LANTHANUM FLUORIDE; RAPID; RAPID METHOD; RAPID SEPARATION; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL SAMPLE;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LEACHING; NEPTUNIUM; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RESINS; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECTROMETRY;

SOILS;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM FLUORIDE; NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID LEACHING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEACHING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955593119     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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