Published 2000 | Version v1
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A Rapid Method for Analysis of Strontium-90 in Radioactive Liquid Waste by Cerenkov Radiation Counting Technique

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  • 1. Waste Management Division, Office of Atomic Energy for Peace, Bangkok (Thailand)

Description

A rapid method for determination of 90Sr via its daughter 90Y in aqueous sample was developed, utilizing the principle of direct Cerenkov Radiation counting. This technique is applicable for beta particles exhibiting maximum energies greater than 0.263 MeV. in aqueous solution. The influence of quenching on the counting efficiency of 90Sr was also investigated. The method could be applied on the analysis of 90Sr in a low-level radioactive liquid waste in the presence of a weak beta emitter such as 137Cs. The analytical results of 90Sr by Cerenkov Radiation counting techniques revealed a high accuracy and were in good agreement with the conventional method. The detection limit for a 15-m L sample under this experimental conditions and a counting interval of 30 minutes was 5.15 Bq/L

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ISBN
974-7400-5-52-9
Imprint Pagination
22 p.
Report number
OAEP--1-194

INIS

Country of Publication
Thailand
Country of Input or Organization
Thailand
INIS RN
34043718
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
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Descriptors DEI
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Descriptors DEC
DATA; DISPERSIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOLUTIONS; WASTES