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Title: Determination of actinides in urine and fecal samples

Patent Application ·
OSTI ID:140599

A method of determining the radioactivity of specific actinides that are carried in urine or fecal sample material is disclosed. The samples are ashed in a muffle furnace, dissolved in an acid, and then treated in a series of steps of reduction, oxidation, dissolution, and precipitation, including a unique step of passing a solution through a chloride form anion exchange resin for separation of uranium and plutonium from americium.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co., Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-84ID12435
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A7831017
Application Number:
ON: DE94007352; PAN: 7-831,017
OSTI ID:
140599
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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