RADIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Radioanalytical studies overview

• Development of novel preconcentration and sample decomposition techniques
• Development of novel procedures for the measurement of a and pure  b emitting radionuclides
• High precision isotopic ratio measurements
• Development of in situ automated sampling equipment
• Development of rapid and automated analytical techniques

Studies include:

• Analytical approaches for the quantification of ³H in environmental and decommissioning samples
• Development of optimised procedures for the determination of ⁹⁹Tc, U, Pu and Am in environmental materials
• Development of extraction chromatographic techniques for the separation of ⁵⁵Fe and ⁶³Ni from reactor effluents
• Analysis of ^113mCd in irradiated Cd metal
• High precision isotopic analyses of U and Pu using multi-collector ICPMS
• Comparison of liquid scintillation counting and accelerator mass spectrometry for the quantification of ⁴¹Ca in bioshield concretes