Separation and measurement of thorium, plutonium, americium, uranium and strontium in environmental matrices

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 896-900

  Harrison, Jennifer J ^a   Zawadzki, Atun ^a   Chisari, Robert ^a   Wong, Henri K Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Americium; Plutonium; Separation; Strontium; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; CERENKOV COUNTING; CHEMICAL YIELDS; COLUMN EXTRACTION; DRY SOIL; DRY VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; SAMPLE SIZES; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; WATER SAMPLES;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; AMERICIUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

AMERICIUM 241; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; WATER;

AMERICIUM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DISSOLUTION; ELUTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRECIPITATION; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; VEGETATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 79961127607     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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