Plutonium from Mayak: Measurement of Isotope Ratios and Activities Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
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2000
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Oughton, D
Fifield, L Keith
Day, J P
Cresswell, Richard
di Tada, M.
Salbu, Brit
Strand, Per
Drozcho, Eugeny
Mokrov, Yuri
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American Chemical Society
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Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has been used to measure Pu activities and 240Pu/239Pu isotope ratios in samples contaminated by releases from the Mayak nuclear installation. Determination of Pu isotopes in high-level samples indicated that the ratio
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Keywords: Contamination; Discharge (fluid mechanics); Mass spectrometry; Nuclear energy; Radioactive wastes; Radioactivity measurement; Radioisotopes; Rivers; Water pollution; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Waste discharges; Plutonium; plutonium 240; article; envir
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