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Portable β-Spectrometer for 90Sr Activity Field-Measurements in Radioecology and Rehabilitation of Nuclear Energy Facilities

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A method was developed for measuring the specific activity of 90Sr in the field and a portable apparatus with the following characteristics was built: range of measurement of the activity of analytical soil samples 0.1–3000 kBq/kg and range for determining the overall activity of thin samples, for example, aerosol filters 0.05–100 kBq. A brief description of the method of radiometric measurement of 90Sr activity and its analytical verification are given, and examples of its use in the field are presented.

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  1. National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia

    V. N. Potapov, O. P. Ivanov, V. V. Luk’yanov & V. E. Stepanov

  2. Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKhI RAN), Moscow, Russia

    E. M. Korobova

  3. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPAE UB RAS), Ekaterinburg, Russia

    L. N. Mikhailovskaya

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 129, No. 3, pp 159–165, September, 2020.

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Potapov, V.N., Ivanov, O.P., Luk’yanov, V.V. et al. Portable β-Spectrometer for 90Sr Activity Field-Measurements in Radioecology and Rehabilitation of Nuclear Energy Facilities. At Energy 129, 155–162 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-021-00728-5

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