Environmental and personnel monitoring for uranium by delayed neutron counting.
At the Imperial College Reactor Centre we have developed a fully automated, large sample, high sensitivity delayed neutron counting system for routine analysis of environmental samples and personnel monitoring. Two-hundred fifty samples with a maximum volume of 30 ml can be analysed each working day. The detection limits (3 sigma) for uranium of natural isotopic abundance in our routine samples are typically 1 microgram/kg (0.05 Bq/kg) for dry samples and 1 microgram/l (0.05 Bq/l) for aqueous samples. Daily analysis of BNFL uranium standards, 'in house' uranium standards and weekly analysis of IAEA Soil-7 reference material are used to ensure constant system sensitivity and accuracy.
Benzing
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Imperial College Reactor Centre, Berkshire, England, UK.
Parry
S J
SJ
Baghini
N M
NM
Davies
J A
JA
D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D012987:Soil; D014867:Water; D014501:Uranium