Passive field monitoring of plutonium and americium in soil

Technical Report · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10117970· OSTI ID:10117970

Gammage, R B; Meyer, K E; Dudney, C S ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Health Sciences Research Div.

The authors` progress is described in applying passive alpha track detectors (ATDS) and electret ion chambers (EICS) to in-situ field monitoring of soils contaminated with particulate plutonium and americium at a desert site. By varying the exposure times, from a few minutes to about one day, they quantitatively measured alpha activity varying between {approximately} 100 pCi/g and {approximately} 100 nCi/g. Suggested applications are definition of the boundaries of contamination zones and verification that post-remediated soils are below release limits.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10117970
• Report Number(s): CONF-940983--5; ON: DE95006739
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES
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SOILS