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This paper describes the validation of a multi-technique analytical methodology that uses inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, α-spectrometry, and γ-spectrometry for the routine analysis of samples containing transuranic radionuclides. This methodology is capable of the determination of concentrations of both238Pu and241Pu in the presence of238U and241Am without the need for chemical separations. The relative merits of these three techniques were evaluated as they are applied in a nuclear waste material and spent nuclear fuel testing program by analytical (1) standards and (2) solutions prepared from the dissolution of glasses doped with237Np,239Pu, and241Am. The uncertainty associated with technique was within ±4% for standards and ±10% for doped nuclear waste glasses. The methodology was then used to analyze three fully radioactive waste glasses.
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Wolf, S.F. Application of instrumental radioanalytical techniques to nuclear waste testing and characterization. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 235, 207–212 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385963
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385963