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The present procedure for analysing 90Sr combines the use of a non radioactive carrier with high pressure ion chromatography separation, conductivity detection of the carrier and optimized external counting by liquid scintillation. This improvement with respect to traditional methods led to a more rapid and efficient purification stage. The present work proves that activities of 90Sr as low as 3 Bq/L can be measured in highly contaminated pressurized water reactor primary coolant matrix without any observed radiochemical interference. The approach shows promise for the analysis of other emitters of low energy radiation, or isotopes subject to high background or matrix effects in a PWR primary coolant.
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Lazare, L., Crestey, C. & Bleistein, C. Measurement of 90Sr in primary coolant of pressurized water reactor. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 279, 633–638 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-008-7298-0
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