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[en] Experiments have shown that high resolution gamma-spectrometry, using the intrinsic gamma-rays of Pu-239 at 129 or 414 KeV and U-237 (a daughter product of Pu-241) at 208 KeV, is suitable for the in-line assay of plutonium and uranium in 10 ml samples of both the organic and aqueous phases after solvent extraction. Distribution coefficients for plutonium and uranium (with U-237 as tracer) are measurable with an accuracy of better than +- 5% for an initial aqueous phase plutonium concentration of > 0.5 g/l, provided that the distribution coefficients are within a range of 0.1 to 10, and the amount of U-237 present is equal to that in equilibrium with a plutonium source containing > 0.5% Pu-241. The detection limit for plutonium in 10 ml samples is estimated to be < 0.08 mg Pu using a solid state detector with a relative counting efficiency of > 10%, a source detector separation of about 1 cm, and a counting time of 5 min. The detection limit of uranium as U-235 at 186 KeV in the presence of 100 mg Pu, is estimated to be approximately 0.75 mg U-235 under similar conditions. The detection limit for U-237 in equilibrium with Pu-241 is equivalent to < 0.4 μg Pu-241. (author)
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Nov 1978; 13 p; ISBN 0 70 580670 7;
; Also available from H.M. Stationery Office, price Pound1.00

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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ACTINIDES, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, DATA, DATA FORMS, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ELEMENTS, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY NUCLEI, INFORMATION, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, METALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, ON-LINE SYSTEMS, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIOISOTOPES, RESOLUTION, SEPARATION PROCESSES, SPECTROSCOPY, TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS, URANIUM ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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