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A Study of Simple α Source Preparation Using a Micro-coprecipitation Method

  • Lee, Myung Ho;Park, Tae-Hong;Song, Byung Chul;Park, Jong Ho;Song, Kyuseok
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.11
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    • pp.3745-3748
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    • 2012
  • This study presents a rapid and simple ${\alpha}$ source preparation method for a radioactive waste sample. The recovery of $^{239}Pu$, $^{232}U$ and $^{243}Am$ using a micro-coprecipitation method was over 95%. The ${\alpha}$-peak resolution of Pu and Am isotopes through the micro-coprecipitation method is enough to discriminate the Pu and Am isotopes from other Pu and Am isotopes. The determination of the Pu and Am isotopes using the micro-coprecipitation method was applied to the radioactive waste sample, so that the activity concentrations of the Pu and Am isotopes using the micro-coprecipitation method in the radioactive waste sample were similar to those using the electrodeposition method.