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Sequential Isotopic Determination of Strontium, Thorium, Plutonium, Uranium, and Americium in Bioassay Samples

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A procedure is presented to provide sequential determination of isotopic strontium, thorium, plutonium, uranium, and americium in a single biological sample. The method begins with digestion and dissolution of the sample. Tracers and/or carriers are added to the sample for the purpose of chemical yield monitoring. Strontium is first separated from the actinides and from most of the interfering constituents of the sample by precipitation as carbonates. Strontium isotopes are purified, and 89Sr and 90Sr are measured by gas proportional counting. Actinides are separated and purified by ion exchange chromatography, co-precipitated with neodymium fluoride, filtered, and counted by alpha-particle spectrometry.

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  1. Bechtel Nevada, P.O. Box 98521, Las Vegas, NV, 89193-8521, USA

    Y. K. Lee

  2. Waste Management Hanford, P. O. Box 700, Richland, WA, 99352-0700, USA

    S. N. Bakhtiar

  3. Waste Isolation Division, WIPP Project, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Box 2078, Carlsbad, NM, 88221, USA

    M. Akbarzadeh

  4. Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, USA

    J. S. Lee

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Lee, Y.K., Bakhtiar, S.N., Akbarzadeh, M. et al. Sequential Isotopic Determination of Strontium, Thorium, Plutonium, Uranium, and Americium in Bioassay Samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 243, 525–533 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016019307857

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