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Improvement for α-energy resolution in determination of low level plutonium by liquid scintillation counting

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An improvement of α-energy resolution for determining low level plutonium has been investigated using combined solvent extraction-low level liquid scintillation counter. In the present work, α-energy resolution of 270–290 keV for liquid scintillation spectra of236Pu and239Pu is attained. Thus the simultaneous determination of low level plutonium with α-liquid scintillation spectrometry may be practized.

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  1. Yu Yu-fu

    Present address: Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

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  1. Isotope and Electron Microscope Laboratories, Agricultural University of Norway, N-1432, Aas-NLH, Norway

    Yu Yu-fu, B. Salbu, H. E. Bjørnstad & H. Lien

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Yu-fu, Y., Salbu, B., Bjørnstad, H.E. et al. Improvement for α-energy resolution in determination of low level plutonium by liquid scintillation counting. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 145, 345–353 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165075

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