Analyzing alpha emitting isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm from NPP water samples: an intercomparison of Nordic radiochemical laboratories

Susanna Salminen-Paatero; Xiaolin Hou; Grzegorz Olszewski; Lina Ekerljung; Annika Tovedal; Anna Vesterlund; Angelica Andersson; Satu Kangas; Henrik Ramebäck

doi:10.1007/s10967-021-07913-7

Analyzing alpha emitting isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm from NPP water samples: an intercomparison of Nordic radiochemical laboratories

Susanna Salminen-Paatero^*, Xiaolin Hou, Grzegorz Olszewski, Lina Ekerljung, Annika Tovedal, Anna Vesterlund, Angelica Andersson, Satu Kangas, Henrik Ramebäck

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Radioanalytical methods for the determination of isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm in water samples from nuclear power plants were compared and further developed in a Nordic project (Optimethod) through two intercomparison exercises among Nordic laboratories. With this intercomparison, the analytical performance of some laboratories was improved by modification of the analytical method and adopting new techniques. The obtained results from the two intercomparisons for alpha emitting transuranium isotopes are presented, and the lessons learnt from these intercomparison exercises are discussed.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	329
Pages (from-to)	1447–1458
ISSN	0236-5731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07913-7
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Actinides
Alpha spectrometry
Extraction chromatography
Nuclear power plant samples
Radioanalytical methods
Water samples

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Salminen-Paatero, S., Hou, X., Olszewski, G., Ekerljung, L., Tovedal, A., Vesterlund, A., Andersson, A., Kangas, S., & Ramebäck, H. (2021). Analyzing alpha emitting isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm from NPP water samples: an intercomparison of Nordic radiochemical laboratories. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329, 1447–1458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07913-7

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Analyzing alpha emitting isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm from NPP water samples: an intercomparison of Nordic radiochemical laboratories. / Salminen-Paatero, Susanna; Hou, Xiaolin; Olszewski, Grzegorz et al.
In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 329, 2021, p. 1447–1458.

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Analyzing alpha emitting isotopes of Pu, Am and Cm from NPP water samples: an intercomparison of Nordic radiochemical laboratories

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