Layer-by-layer radiometric analysis in the temperature range 800-950 d
egrees C was used to measure the diffusion coefficients of Sr-90, Ca-4
5, Ba-133 radionuclides in Sr(3-3x)La(2x)square(x)(VO4)(2) (x = 0,0.1,
0.15,0.2,0.25) solid solutions. It was established that D-Ca>D-Sr*>D-
Ba. An increase in the concentrations of vacancies (square) in the st
rontium sublattice leads to increased coefficients of diffusion of rar
e-earth metal cations. The activation energies for radionuclide diffus
ion were determined. It was shown that M2+ cations migrate via Sr(2) p
ositions. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.