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[en] A new protocol for plutonium deposition using the electro-spray technique coupled with 4π-α spectrometry is proposed to improve the detection limit, shorten the counting time. In order to increase the detection efficiency, it was proposed to measure 238 and 239+240 plutonium isotopes electro-sprayed deposit simultaneously on both sides of the source support, that must be as transparent as possible to alpha-emissions, in a two-alpha detectors chamber. A radiochemical protocol was adapted to electro-spray constraints and a very thin carbon foil was selected for 4π -alpha spectrometry. The method was applied to a batch of sediment samples and gave the same results as an electrodeposited source measured using conventional alpha spectrometry with a 25 % gain on counting time and 10 % on plutonium 238 detection limit. Validation and application of the technique have been made on reference samples. (author)
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Spectrometrie alpha 4π de sources d'actinides realisees par electronebulisation. Developpement et optimisation d'un protocole applique au mesurage des isotopes 238 et 239+240 du plutonium dans l'environnement
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1999; 174 p; 83 refs.
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, DEPOSITION, ELECTROLYSIS, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, ION SOURCES, ISOTOPES, MONITORING, NUCLEI, PARTICLE SOURCES, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, RADIATION SOURCES, RADIOISOTOPES, SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, SPECTROSCOPY, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, SURFACE COATING, TESTING, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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