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K. Hofstetter Westinghouse Savannah River Company 29808 Aiken SC USA

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J. Spaulding Center for Applied Isotope Studies 30605 Athens GA USA

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Researchers from the Savannah River Technology Center, the Center for Applied Isotope Studies (CAIS) and Sampling Systems have developed a prototype Field Deployable Tritium Analysis System (FDTAS) for near-real-time measurements of environmental levels of tritium in ground and surface water. The device consists of a modified liquid scintillation counter coupled to an automatic sampler which incorporates on-line water purification. The FDTAS has been field tested at several Savannah River Site locations and has produced results comparable to laboratory analyses for low concentrations of tritium. Figures of merit obtained in the field include an average tritium background count rate of 1.5 counts per minute (cpm), tritium detection efficiency of ≈25%, and a detection limit of <10 Bq/l for a 100 minute count.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1968
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
Founder's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Gewerbestrasse 11.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0236-5731 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2780 (Online)