Issue 5, 2008
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

High sensitivity analysis of plutonium isotopes in environmental samples using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)

D. P. Child,*a   M. A. C. Hotchkisa  and  M. L. Williamsa  

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a Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Private Mailbag 1, Menai, Australia
E-mail: dpc@ansto.gov.au
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Abstract

This article presents a methodology for the determination of the concentration and isotopic ratio of plutonium occurring at femtogram levels in environmental matrices such as soils and sediments by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Results on analyses of a number of reference materials (IAEA-375, IAEA-135, IAEA-300, IAEA-327, NIST 4350, NIST 4353b) are presented as validation of the method in reproducibly measuring the plutonium isotopic ratio 240Pu : 239Pu in a variety of environmental sample matrices.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B715788F
Article type
Technical Note
Submitted
12 Oct 2007
Accepted
25 Jan 2008
First published
28 Feb 2008

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008,23, 765-768

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High sensitivity analysis of plutonium isotopes in environmental samples using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)

D. P. Child, M. A. C. Hotchkis and M. L. Williams, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 765 DOI: 10.1039/B715788F

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