Rj. Rosenberg, NONCONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOME LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES PRODUCED IN NUCLEAR-FUEL A LITERATURE SURVEY, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 171(2), 1993, pp. 465-482
The results of a literature survey on non-radiometric analytical techn
iques for the determination of long-lived radionuclides am described.
The methods which have been considered are accelerator mass spectromet
ry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, thermal ionization m
ass spectrometry, resonance ionization spectrometry, resonance ionizat
ion mas spectrometry and neutron activation analysis. Neutron activati
on analysis has been commonly used for the determination of I-129 and
Np-237 in environmental samples. Inductively coupled mass spectrometry
seems likely to become the method of choice for the determination of
Tc-99, Np-237 and Pu-isotopes. The methods are discussed and the chemi
cal separation methods described.