Document Details
Title:
COMMONALITY IN WATER, AIR, VEGETATION, AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS FOR PLUTONIUM ( FROM LA-4756, PP 73-79 )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 236; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ALPHA DETECTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; AIR FILTERS; ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; AMERICIUM 241; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BIOLOGY; CALCULATIONS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; DATA; DECAY; DECONTAMINATION; DIAGRAMS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; HEART; IONS; KIDNEYS; LIVER; LUNGS; MEETINGS; NAEG COLLECTION; NEPTUNIUM; PERSONNEL; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PROTACTINIUM 231; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RECOMMENDATIONS; RESPONSIBILITIES; SAMPLING; SKELETON; SOILS; SPECTRA; SPLEEN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; TESTING; THORIUM; THORIUM 227; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 230; URANIUM; URANIUM 233; VEGETATION; WATER
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1971 Aug 05
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0010
Accession Number:
NV0045002
Document Number(s):
LA4756
Originating Research Org.:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
FROM PROCEEDINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLUTONIUM SYMPOSIUM HELD AT LASL, AU GUST 4-5, 1971. PLUTONIUM ANALYSES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT TRAPELO/WEST FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. IN RECENT TIMES, PROCEDURAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO OBTAIN COMMONALITY IN METHODS FOR ANALYZING PU IN DIFFERENT M ATRICES. PROCEDURES USED FOR PU ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES SUCH AS WATER, S OIL, AIR, VEGETATION, AND BIOLOGICAL AND MARINE SAMPLES ARE DISCUSSED. INITIAL STEPS INVOLVE TOTAL DISSOLUTION, LEACHING OR ASHING, AND EQUI LIBRATION WITH TRACER PU-236 TRACER IS USED IN ALL CASES SINCE IT RESU LTS IN THE MOST RELIABLE DATA. AN ANION EXCHANGE PROCEDURE IS THE BASI C PART OF THE PURIFICATION. AN EFFICIENT ELECTRODEPOSITION STEP PERMIT S PLATING IN TEN MINUTES. RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE USING EI THER FRISCH GRID IONIZATION CHAMBERS OR SURFACE-BARRIER DETECTORS. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN PLUTONIUM ANALYSIS ARE D ISCUSSED. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MEASURING AND STATING ERROR LIMITS A T VERY LOW LEVELS SO THAT THEY MAY BE USED PRACTICALLY ARE DISCUSSED.