Measurement of actinides in environmental samples by Photo-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation

Conference · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10146973

Cadieux, J R ^[1]; Clark, S ^[2]; Fjeld, R A; Reboul, S; Sowder, A ^[3]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
2. Savannah River Ecology Lab., Univ. of Georgia (United States)
3. Clemson Univ., SC (United States). Dept. of Environmental Systems Engineering

This work describes the adaptation of extractive scintillation with a Photo-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation (PERALS) (ORDELA, Inc.) spectrometer to the analysis of actinides in environmental samples from the Savannah River Site (SRS). Environmental quality assurance standards and actual water samples were treated by one of two methods; either a two step direct extraction, or for more complex samples, pretreatment by an extraction chromatographic separation prior to measurement of the alpha activity by PERALS.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10146973
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS--94-0234; CONF-940524--1; ON: DE94010815
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440101
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130
ACTINIDES
GENERAL DETECTORS OR MONITORS AND RADIOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
URANIUM