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Radionuclide Content of Simulated and Fully Radioactive SRL Waste Glasses: Comparison of Results from ICP-MS, Gamma Spectrometry, and Alpha Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. F. Wolf  and
J. K. Bates
S. F. Wolf
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439-4837, U.S.A., wolf@bcmt.anl.gov, bates@cmt.anl.gov.
J. K. Bates
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439-4837, U.S.A., wolf@bcmt.anl.gov, bates@cmt.anl.gov.
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Abstract

We have measured the transuranic content of two transuranic-doped, simulated waste glasses, using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), γ-spectrometry, and α-spectrometry. Average concentrations measured by each technique were within ±10% of the as-doped concentrations. We also report the transuranic content of three fully radioactive SRL waste glasses that were determined using γ- and α-spectrometry measurements to deconvolute isobaric interferences present in the ICP-MS analyses.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 412: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX , 1995 , 107
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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