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Review of methods for plutonium detection in environment

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Nuclear properties of plutonium isotopes are briefly recalled and importance of the physico-chemical form on the radioecological behaviour of the radioelement is shown. The different techniques used for environment monitoring are described: measurements on aerosols (with or without chemical separation) by spectrometry with proportional counters or semi-conductors; radiochemical separation associated to alpha spectrometry analysis on the ground with scintillator crystals or semi-conductors; miscellaneous methods (activation, tracks detectors, scintillator crystals in a helicopter

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Abstract (French)

Apres un bref rappel des proprietes nucleaires des divers isotopes du Pu, on montre l'importance de la forme physicochimique sur le comportement radioecologique du radioelement. On decrit ensuite les diverses techniques mises au point pour la surveillance de l'environnement: - mesures sur les aerosols, apres separation chimique ou non, par spectrometrie a l'aide de compteurs proportionnels ou de semi-conducteurs; - separations radiochimiques associees a la mesure par spectrometrie alpha; - analyses sur le terrain a l'aide de cristaux scintillateurs ou de semi-conducteurs; - methodes diverses: activation, detecteurs de traces, cristaux scintillateurs a bord d'helicoptere

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Synthese des methodes de detection du plutonium dans l'environnement

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
18 p.
Report number
CEA-CONF--6860

Conference

Title
Congress on plutonium and radioprotection.
Dates
14-16 Jun 1983.
Place
Saclay (France).

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
15009039
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AERIAL MONITORING; ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FALLOUT; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS