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Mass spectrometric determination of uranium and thorium traces in aerosols, collected over Russian territory after “Fukushima-1” accident

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Secondary Ion Mass-Spectrometry was used to detect the isotopes 238U and 232Th in aerosols, sampled after damage of the “Fukusima-1” atomic station. The isotopes present only on the surface of the particles, so, fuel assemblages were melted, and they penetrated into environment through the gaseous phase without leakage of a solid substance in the form of primary aerosols. The presence of 232Th is treated as a sign of 233U production.

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  1. Federal State Institution “12 CNII,”, Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergiev Posad-7, 141307, Russia

    N. N. Veniaminov

  2. Special Control Service, Russian Ministry of Defense, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya 2, Moscow, 107014, Russia

    A. V. Smirnov, A. V. Berezin & A. Yu. Tarasov

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Original Russian Text © N.N. Veniaminov, A.V. Smirnov, A.V. Berezin, A.Yu. Tarasov, 2012, published in Rossiiskii Khimicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 56, Nos. 5–6, pp. 87–95.

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Veniaminov, N.N., Smirnov, A.V., Berezin, A.V. et al. Mass spectrometric determination of uranium and thorium traces in aerosols, collected over Russian territory after “Fukushima-1” accident. Russ J Gen Chem 84, 1050–1057 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070363214050429

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