Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

, Volume 293, Issue 2, pp 635–640 | Cite as

Determination of 93Zr in radioactive waste using ion exchange techniques

  • Silvia Dulanská
  • Boris Remenec
  • Veronika Gardoňová
  • Ľubomír Mátel
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Abstract

This paper describes a simple and rapid method of 93Zr pre-concentration, separation and purification by using cation and anion exchange resins which are commercially available from Eichrom Technologies, Inc.,. The method is suitable for analyzing high contaminated radioactive waste samples in a relatively short time and high decontamination factors. The use and effectiveness of this method was successfully tested by analysis of heterogeneous waste from nuclear power plant and samples from nuclear reactor and fuel parts such as control rod drive shaft and neutron absorbers, shielding cassettes and neutron in-core measurement channels (KNI) samples.

Keywords

Zirconium-93 separation Anion exchanger 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract no. APVV-20-007105.

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© Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2012

Authors and Affiliations

  • Silvia Dulanská
    • 1
  • Boris Remenec
    • 1
  • Veronika Gardoňová
    • 1
  • Ľubomír Mátel
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Natural SciencesComenius UniversityBratislavaSlovakia

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