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Development of a method for the determination of 93Zr and 94Nb in radioactive waste using TEVA® resin

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The behaviour of 95Zr and 95Nb isotopes on TEVA® resin column was studied. The influence of hydrofluoric, hydrochloric, oxalic and sulphuric acids on the separation and chemical yield of zirconium and niobium was tested. The method is suitable for the separation of 93Zr and 94Nb isotopes from hydrofluoric, hydrochloric and sulphuric acid by using different concentrations of the acid for the load or elutes solutions. Samples from reactor and fuel assemblies such as the control-rod connection rod, shielding/absorber parts of fuel rods, neutron in-core measurement channels, pressure vessel basic construction material and internal cladding, core barrel and reactor protection tube unit were analysed.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska Dolina, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Boris Remenec, Silvia Dulanská, Ľubomír Mátel & Ján Bilohuščin

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Remenec, B., Dulanská, S., Mátel, Ľ. et al. Development of a method for the determination of 93Zr and 94Nb in radioactive waste using TEVA® resin. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 302, 117–122 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3318-4

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