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The individual estimation of 233U and 229Th in a plancheted source made out of liquid sample were done by using an alpha and γ-ray spectrometric techniques. Estimation of 229Th in the plancheted source was done by γ-ray spectrometry and 233U by alpha spectrometry after subtracting the estimated amount of 229Th. In spite of the same alpha energy of 4.8 MeV, the individual estimation of 233U and 229Th based on present technique is superior to conventional techniques and important in the 232Th-233U fuel reprocessing cycle of AHWR and ADSs. The activity of 229Th was also radiochemically separated from its parent activity of 233U by using an ion exchange resin and the purity was checked by the above mentioned technique.
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The authors thankful to Dr. D. Alamelu, Head of mass spectrometry section and Dr. S. Kannan, Head of Fuel Chemistry Division for their keen interest and encouragement in this work.
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Kumar, P., Telmore, V.M., Jaison, P.G. et al. Separation and estimation of 229Th and 233U by alpha and gamma ray spectrometric technique. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 308, 1113–1119 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4606-3
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