Environmental Radiochemical Analysis IV

by Warwick, Peter; Livens, Francis

• ISBN13: 9781849731553
• ISBN10: 1849731551
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-04
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Summary

Incidents in the past have made scientists aware of the need for accurate methods of radionuclide analyses in order to estimate the risk to the public from released radioactivity .This book is an authoritative, up-to-date collection of research contributions presented at the 11th International Symposium on Environmental Radiochemical Analysis. Representing the work of leading scientists from across the globe it presents information on analytical radiochemistry, the behaviour of radionuclides in the environment, radioactively contaminated land, fate of radionuclides in natural and engineered environments and behaviour of radionuclides in radioactive wastes. This essential work will be a key reference for graduates and professionals who work across fields involving analytical chemistry, environmental science and technology, and hazards and waste research and disposal.

Table of Contents

A Search for Long Lived242mAm Isotope in Forest Litter Samples from Poland	p. 1
The Fate of Technetium-99 (99Tc) in the North and Nordic Seas after Reduction in the Discharges from Sellafield	p. 5
Further Development of a Fast Method for Determining Plutonium and Amercium in Soils in Germany	p. 9
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Measurement of 129I in Solid Samples by a Microwave Based Procedure	p. 21
Using Time Resolved Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy as an Internal Probe for the Phase Changes in Zirconium Oxide	p. 30
Determination of Thorium and Uranium Isotope Ratios in NORM and NORM-polluted Sample Leachates using ICP-QMS	p. 40
Fast Method to Separate AM and PU from Soil Matrix	p. 55
Biosorption of Uranium using Modified Leaf Powder of Platanus Orientalis	p. 61
Development and Validation of the Radiochemical Determination of 99Tc in Environmental Samples	p. 80
Radioactivity in the Irish Sea	p. 87
129I in Macroalgae (Fucus Vesiculosus) from the Swedish Coast	p. 95
The Effect of Cement Superplasticiser on the Solubility of Radionuclides under Repository Conditions	p. 109
Performance and Characteristics of a Low-Background Germanium Well Detector for Low-Energy Gamma-ray Nuclides	p. 122
Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Radio-Nuclides in Raw Milk in the Year 2008	p. 130
Deep Geological Disposal of Intermediate and Low Level Waste in UK: Experiments to Demonstrate Chemical Containment. Part I	p. 138
Leaching of 239,240Pu and241 Am from Thule Nuclear Bomb Particles Investigated by Sequential Extraction	p. 155
Caesium-137 in Norwegian Coastal Areas	p. 165
Marine Radioactivity in the Channel Islands, 1990-2009	p. 170
Development of a Small Mobile Unit for Emergency Radiological Monitoring of the Foodchain	p. 181
Comparison of Analytical Methods and ICP-MS Correction Schemes	p. 188
Ultra-Trace Determination of Plutonium in Coral Samples using Multi-Collector ICP-MS	p. 198
Isotope Index	p. 204
Subject Index	p. 205
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