DEVELOPMENTS OF AMS AT THE TANDAR ACCELERATOR

Authors
NIELLO JOF ABRIOLA D ALVAREZ DE CAPURRO OA DITADA M ETCHEGOYEN A FERRERO AMJ MARTI GV PACHECO AJ TESTONI JE KORSCHINEK G
Citation
Jof. Niello et al., DEVELOPMENTS OF AMS AT THE TANDAR ACCELERATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 117(1-2), 1996, pp. 156-160
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
117
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
156 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1996)117:1-2<156:DOAATT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Man-made long-lived radioisotopes have been produced as a result of di fferent nuclear technologies. The study of accidental spillages and th e determination of radioisotope concentrations in nuclear waste prior to final storage in a repository are subjects of great interest in con nection with this activity. The accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) te chnique is a powerful tool to measure long-lived isotopes at abundance ratios as low as 10(-12)-10(-15) in small samples. Applications to th e Argentine nuclear program like those mentioned above, as well as app lications to archaeology, hydrology and biomedical research, are consi dered in an AMS program using the TANDAR 20 UD electrostatic accelerat or at Buenos Aires. In this work we present the status of the program and a description of the facility.