期刊
TALANTA
卷 200, 期 -, 页码 22-30出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.036
关键词
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry; U-236; Np-237; Pu-239; (240)pu; Seawater
资金
- Spanish Ministry of Economy [FIS2015-69673-P]
- Fundacion Camara Sevilla
- Government of the Principality of Monaco
A simple and fast radiochemical procedure for the sequential extraction of U, Np and Pu from small-volume seawater samples (< 10 L) is presented. The method has been developed and optimized for the final determination of U-236, Np-237, Pu-239 and Pu-240 by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). It is based on the use of Pu-242 as tracer for both Np and Pu isotopes. Samples are pre-concentrated by Fe(OH)(2) co-precipitation. TEVA. and UTEVA. resins are used in a very simplified way for the final purification of the Pu + Np and U fractions, respectively. The radiochemical yields of the three elements have been investigated in detail by alpha spectrometry (AS) and gamma spectrometry (GS). The obtained results indicate high and robust chemical yields for the three elements and similar ones for Pu and Np. Furthermore, the use of (PU)-P-242 as tracer for Np-237 is validated by analyzing a reference seawater sample (IAEA-443) by radiometric techniques. We demonstrated that, if chemicals are properly chosen, processed blank levels can be kept at the same level of the extremely low detection limits that can be achieved by AMS (10(5)-10(6) atoms/sample). The procedure is finally applied for the study by AMS of a reference seawater sample from the Mediterranean Sea (IAEA-418).
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