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The purpose of this work was to evaluate the ability of cation and actinide resins to isolate Be, Mn, Ni, and Cs from a mixed activation and fission product sample. Overall, the isolation of three fractions (Be/Mn, Cs, and Ni) was achieved via sequential cation and Actinide resin columns using non-radioactive surrogates and would potentially allow for quantitative analysis of select radioactive isotopes using single gamma ray energy analysis and ICP-OES. Recoveries of Mn and Be were comparable to those measured previously, although some co-elution of the Ni with the Cs fraction can occur.
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Beck, C.L., Herman, S.M., Warzecha, E.J. et al. Separation of select metal isotopes from a mixed activation and fission product sample. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 5123–5128 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08500-0
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