On the sequential separation and quantification of 237Np, 241Am, thorium, plutonium, and uranium isotopes in environmental and urine samples

Mirela Vasile; Karin Jacobs; Michel Bruggeman; Karen Van Hoecke; Andrew Dobney; Freddy Verrezen

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.07.020

On the sequential separation and quantification of 237Np, 241Am, thorium, plutonium, and uranium isotopes in environmental and urine samples

Mirela Vasile, Karin Jacobs, Michel Bruggeman, Karen Van Hoecke, Andrew Dobney, Freddy Verrezen

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Abstract

The implementation of the one-pass-through separation technique using two stacked chromatography columns of TEVA – TRU resins for the separation of 237Np, 241Am, thorium, plutonium and uranium from environmental and urine samples was investigated. The sequential separation technique proved to be successful and gave similar results to those obtained when using individual separations. The analysis time was considerably improved. The amount of chemical waste was also reduced by 50% and the use of HClO4 was avoided. The technique of ICP-MS was also investigated as a complementary technique to alpha-spectrometry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455-460
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	134
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.07.020
State	Published - 1 Apr 2018
Event	ICRM 2017: 21st International Conference on Radionuclide Metrology and its Applications - Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Duration: 15 May 2017 → 19 May 2017

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