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The use of liquid scintillation analysis in the monitoring of α emitting and transuranium nuclides in environmental samples

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With pulse decay discrimination function and using diisopropylnaphthalene based scintilation cocktail, liquid scintillation analysis (LSA) becomes a rapid and reliable method for monitoring α emitting nuclides in environmental samples. Recent developments of instrumentation and cocktail of LSA are described. Procedures and results of monitoring gross α activity in vegetable samples and plutonium in soil samples are given. The Minimum Detectable Activity was 4.5×10−2 Bq/Kg for vegetable samples and was 6.6×10−5 Bq/g for soil samples.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, P.O. Box 1021, Beijing, P.R. China

    Y. J. Zhu & D. Z. Yang

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Zhu, Y.J., Yang, D.Z. The use of liquid scintillation analysis in the monitoring of α emitting and transuranium nuclides in environmental samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 194, 173–175 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037624

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