THE USE OF MICROANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE THE DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM SORBED ON ROCKS AND MINERALS

Authors
BERRY JA BISHOP HE COWPER MM FOZARD PR MCMILLAN JW MOUNTFORT SA
Citation
Ja. Berry et al., THE USE OF MICROANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE THE DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM SORBED ON ROCKS AND MINERALS, Radiochimica Acta, 66-7, 1994, pp. 243-250
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Radiochimica Acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338230
Volume
66-7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
243 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8230(1994)66-7:<243:TUOMTT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The advanced surface analytical techniques of nuclear microprobe analy sis (Rutherford backscattering (RES) and particle induced X-ray emissi on (PIXE)) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) have been used i n parallel to determine qualitatively and quantitatively the distribut ion of uranium and plutonium sorbed onto a variety of rocks and their constituent minerals. This identified which minerals are important in the sorption of uranium and plutonium for a given rock. Data on uraniu m and plutonium loadings on minerals are presented.