Development of on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence to monitor actinide-contaminated waste streams
Abstract
A commercially available on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) system has been modified for glove-box operations and installed on the Advanced Testing Line for Actinide Separations (ATLAS) at Los Alamos. The goal is to quantitatively monitor actinides and metal impurities in an anion-exchange effluent to obtain near-real-time chemical information. Because of recent compliance issues, metals listed in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other low-level radioactive components are also being analyzed. Initial experiments on how preconcentration techniques can be applied to on-line EDXRF measurements for improved detection limits have also been conducted. An overview of these developments is presented in this paper.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10149637
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-94-1027; CONF-940401-8
ON: DE94011649; TRN: 94:005614
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on methods and applications of radioanalytical chemistry,Kona, HI (United States),10-16 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ACTINIDES; DETECTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZERS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; 052001; 400101; WASTE PROCESSING; ACTIVATION, NUCLEAR REACTION, RADIOMETRIC, AND RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURES
Citation Formats
Day, R S, and Vigil, A R. Development of on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence to monitor actinide-contaminated waste streams. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Day, R S, & Vigil, A R. Development of on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence to monitor actinide-contaminated waste streams. United States.
Day, R S, and Vigil, A R. 1994.
"Development of on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence to monitor actinide-contaminated waste streams". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10149637.
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title = {Development of on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence to monitor actinide-contaminated waste streams},
author = {Day, R S and Vigil, A R},
abstractNote = {A commercially available on-line energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) system has been modified for glove-box operations and installed on the Advanced Testing Line for Actinide Separations (ATLAS) at Los Alamos. The goal is to quantitatively monitor actinides and metal impurities in an anion-exchange effluent to obtain near-real-time chemical information. Because of recent compliance issues, metals listed in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other low-level radioactive components are also being analyzed. Initial experiments on how preconcentration techniques can be applied to on-line EDXRF measurements for improved detection limits have also been conducted. An overview of these developments is presented in this paper.},
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