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Title: Separation and Purification and Beta Liquid Scintillation Analysis of Sm-151 in Savannah River Site and Hanford Site DOE High Level Waste

Journal Article · · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem.
OSTI ID:774848

This paper describes development work to obtain a product phase of Sm-151 pure of any other radioactive species so that it can be determined in US Department of Energy high level liquid waste and low level solid waste by liquid scintillation {beta}-spectroscopy. The technique provides separation from {mu}Ci/ml levels of Cs-137, Pu alpha and Pu-241 {beta}-decay activity, and Sr-90/Y-90 activity. The separation technique is also demonstrated to be useful for the determination of Pm-147.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
OSTI ID:
774848
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-99-00853; TRN: US0100958
Journal Information:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem., Other Information: PBD: 13 Feb 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English