1. Rapid activation product separations from fission products and soil matrixes
- Author
-
Kevin T. Bennett, Susan D. Pacheco, Benjamin T. Manard, Stosh A. Kozimor, Angela C. Olson, Ann R. Schake, Ruilian Wu, and Veronika Mocko
- Subjects
Radionuclide ,Fission products ,Ion exchange ,Chemistry ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Radiochemistry ,Ion chromatography ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Contamination ,Pollution ,Analytical Chemistry ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,Activation product ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Spectroscopy ,Neutron activation - Abstract
A rapid method for the separation and qualitative analysis of several neutron activation products (198Au, 192Ir, 72Ga, 51Cr, 191/195m/197Pt, 54Mn, 57Co, and 59Fe) from fission products and soil matrixes has been developed. Analytes were isolated within 20 h using ion exchange chromatography. After separation, the activation products were characterized by γ-spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy. Validation experiments demonstrated versatility of the method, showing that the activation products could be isolated from fresh fission products and other contaminants associated with complex soil matrixes.
- Published
- 2019