Analytical methods for determination of components in liquid radioactive waste

Reprocessing of the spent nuclear fuel provides its dissolution and numerous technological operations with the solutions. During reprocessing the initial composition of fuel undergoes significant quantitative and qualitative changes. The technological control of reprocessing, and also of conditioning numerous radioactive wastes (RW) arising at it is accompanied with constant analytical support. The last includes a wide spectrum of radiochemical, physical and physical and chemical methods of the analysis. Applying analytical methods of the analysis are regularly modified and multiplied according to development and newly arising needs of technological processes. The solutions subject to the analytical control represent multicomponent systems. Though typical concentrations of solutions macrocomponents are high enough (from 1 mg and higher), the multicomponent analysis of such solutions is very difficult. Besides, this task is complicated with high levels of a radioactivity. Modern developments in the field of traditional analytical support are characterized as a rule by high cost of the equipment, essential expenses for carrying out of the analysis, and require well qualified personnel. The present review contains information about, most frequently applied traditional analytical methods now in use in the field of radioactive waste management. The review contains brief descriptions of the analytical methods, their application areas and metrological characteristics. The review is completely based on the published materials, but it is not comprehensive as the latter would require the multivolume edition