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Title: 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:
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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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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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place = {United States},
year = {Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
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