Using cadmium telluride deters for the x-ray fluorescence analysis of uranium solutions

The authors study the possible use of a BDTK-1 detector unit on the basis of CdTe in apparatus for x-ray fluorescence analysis without a crystal for the purpose of analyzing solutions with low uranium concentrations. Such apparatus can be employed to monitor certain waste solutions and may be used, in particular, as a threshold monitor. The experimental setup for x-ray fluorescence without a crystal resembles a system with an Si(Li) detector. Restrictions are imposed on the possible useful range of the setup: it is practically impossible to determine uranium concentrations in the presence of comparable amounts of plutonium, neptunium, rubidium, and bromine