title: Evaluating practicability of an LSC method for routine monitoring gross alpha and beta activities in water samples in Taiwan.
abstract: A procedure using liquid scintillation counting for the monitoring of gross alpha and beta activities in environmental water was implemented to improve the conventional procedure using GFPC adopted in Taiwan. The new procedure was acquired through calibration and validation, and then was applied to the monitoring of surface water in Taiwan. This procedure can improve 2-4 times of detection efficiencies and takes only 70-80% of analysis time with reliable accuracy. With these features, the newly developed procedure is favorable during emergency situations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council No. 1000, Wunhua Road, Jiaan Village, Longtan Township, Taoyuan County 32546, Taiwan, ROC. cflin.tw@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chi-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jeng-Jong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ju-Chuan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chin-Hsien
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Ming-Chen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Bor-Jing
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D001610:Beta Particles; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013624:Taiwan; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D014867:Water