Radiochemical analyses of radiologically-contaminated soil samples in support of transport modeling

D. Sims; W. Andrews; X. Wang; K. Creber

doi:10.1007/s10967-008-0721-8

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 277: Issue 1

Radiochemical analyses of radiologically-contaminated soil samples in support of transport modeling

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D. Sims

D. Sims Royal Military College of Canada Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Kingston ON K7K 7B4 Canada

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W. Andrews

W. Andrews Royal Military College of Canada Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Kingston ON K7K 7B4 Canada

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X. Wang

X. Wang Royal Military College of Canada Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Kingston ON K7K 7B4 Canada

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K. Creber Royal Military College of Canada Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Kingston ON K7K 7B4 Canada

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Pages:: 137–142

Online Publication Date:: 01 May 2008

Publication Date:: 01 Jul 2008

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-008-0721-8

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Abstract

In 1951, unsaturated prairie soil was contaminated with fission products and actinides. Fifty years later, in 2001, soil samples were collected from the contaminated site. This paper describes the techniques used to analyze these samples, including gamma-spectroscopy (GS) for ¹³⁷Cs, neutron activation analysis (NAA/GS) for ²³⁸U, liquid scintillation counting (LSC) for ⁹⁰Sr and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) for ²³⁸U and ^113mCd. As expected, ICP-MS was found to have the lowest detection level, while the techniques were ranked in order of increasing uncertainty as GS, NAA/GS, ICP-MS and LSC.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language	English
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