Environmental radiochemical analysis III /

This book brings together current developments and offers an up-to-date review of research presented at the 10th International Symposium on Environmental Radiochemical Analysis.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Symposium on Environmental Radiochemical Analysis Oxford, England
Other Authors: Warwick, Peter, Prof
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2007]
Series:Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) ; no. 312.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Radiochemical accumulation at a hydroelectric power dam
  • Determination of transfer of tritium to crops fertilised with contaminated sewage sludge
  • Technetium-99 in marine food webs in Norwegian Seas : results from the Norwegian Radnor Project
  • Meaduring thoron (220Rn) in natural waters
  • The determination of gross alpha sna gross beta activity in solids, filters and water : validation of Dutch pre-norms
  • Environmental measurements of radioxenon
  • Uptake of uranium in spinach grown in andosols accumulating trace amounts of fertiliser-derived uranium
  • Mineralogical and particle size controls on 137Cs abundances in Dounreay offshore and foreshore sands
  • Assessment of possible sources of artificial long-lived radionuclides in environmental samples by measurement of isotopic composition
  • A rapid method for the preconcentration of non-refactory Am and Pu from 100g soil samples
  • Improvements in underground gamma-ray spectroscopy and the application of measuring radioactivity in agricultural samples
  • Responses of U and Pu to microbially driven nitrate reduction in sediments
  • An efficient and optimised total combustion method for total H-3 and C-14 in environmental and decommissioning samples
  • The analytical impact of tritium data from storing nuclear decommissioning samples under different conditions
  • Radionuclide recording levels and prioritisation of chemical/radiochemical analyses of Magnox wastes for Nirex compliance
  • Application of the Radiological Hazard Potential (RHP) to radionuclides in Magnox reactor decommissioning
  • Determination of tritium radionuclide and lithium precursor in Magnox reactor steels
  • Sequential determination of Ca-41/45 and Sr-90 in an activated concrete core
  • The chemistry of ultra-radiopure materials
  • Independent radiological monitoring : results of a recent intercomparison exercise
  • Routine application of CN2003 software to laboratory scintillation calibration
  • Easy method of concentration of strontium isotopes from radioactive aqueous wastes for the determination of 90Sr by liquid scintillation counting : application of Strontium Empore Rad disks
  • Performance of a portable, electromagnetically cooled HPGe detector for site characterization
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority research and development needs, risks and opportunities
  • The performance of UK and overseas laboratories in proficiency tests for the measurement of Am-241
  • Current IAEA activities and future plans for the Almera network.