Title of article :
DETERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES IN STANDARD IAEA REFERENCE MATERIALS BY DESTRUCTIVE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE
Author/Authors :
Nassef, M. H. Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt - National C enter for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Egypt , El Mongy, S. A. Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt - National C enter for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Egypt , Diab, A. M. El Shorouk Academy - Physics Department, Egypt , EL-Tahawy, M.S. Energy Authority of Egypt - National C enter for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control Atomic, Egypt
Abstract :
An analytical procedure for the determination of plutonium isotopes (238Pu,239 Pu and 240Pu) with low detection limit was examined for reliability and accuracy. This procedure is based on chemical separation by ion exchange followed by alpha spectroscopy analysis. The technique and the suggested method were applied on tensamples of IAEA reference materials. A good agreement between the results is obtained by this procedure and the certified values were found. The suggested analytical method may be used for the analysis of contaminated samples for safeguards purposes.
Keywords :
Plutonium isotopes , Radiochemical separation , , Destructive technique , Pu , isotopic ratio.
Journal title :
Journal of Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Journal title :
Journal of Nuclear and Radiation Physics
