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Determination of 90Sr, 238Pu, 239,240Pu, 241Pu, and 241Am in soils of chernobyl region using various sample preparation techniques

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Radiochemical analysis is made of soddy-podzolic sandy and peaty gley soils collected from the Chernobyl zone. Radionuclides were separated by extraction chromatography or ion exchange, and then determined using an α-ray spectrometer and liquid scintillation and proportional gas counters. Leaching from the preliminarily calcined sample with 8 M HNO3 does not ensure 100% recovery of radionuclides from peaty gley soil.

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Zabrodskii, Yu.I. Bondar, 2006, published in Radiokhimiya, 2006, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 83–86.

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Zabrodskii, V.N., Bondar’, Y.I. Determination of 90Sr, 238Pu, 239,240Pu, 241Pu, and 241Am in soils of chernobyl region using various sample preparation techniques. Radiochemistry 48, 90–93 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362206010188

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