Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

Ядерна фізика та енергетика
Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

  ISSN: 1818-331X (Print), 2074-0565 (Online)
  Publisher: Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  Languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian
  Periodicity: 4 times per year

  Open access peer reviewed journal


 Home page   About 
Nucl. Phys. At. Energy 2015, volume 16, issue 2, pages 177-182.
Section: Radiobiology and Radioecology.
Received: 12.03.2015; Accepted: 11.06.2015; Published online: 20.07.2015.
PDF Full Text (ua)
https://doi.org/10.15407/jnpae2015.02.177

Determination of 90Sr in water by direct measurement using liquid scintillation counter

G. V. Laptev, L. S. Pirnach*, T. I. Dyvak

Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, National Academy of Sciences and State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

*Corresponding author. E-mail address: linauhmi@ukr.net

Abstract: Results of research showing the possibility of direct measurements of 90Sr on liquid scintillation spectrometer using registration of the Cherenkov luminescence and radiation in scintillation cocktail on a series of water samples, collected on territory with radioactive contamination after the Chernobyl accident, are shown. Solution for quench correction and accounting on presence within the sample of 137Cs are also demonstrated. Results have shown good correspondence to that received by classical radiochemical analysis. The best performance in term of quality of registration was shown by the method of measurement with using scintillation cocktail.

Keywords: method of 90Sr determination, liquid scintillation, radioactive pollution.

References:

1. Acceptable Levels of 137Cs and 90Sr Radionuclides in Food and Drinking Water (DR-97): State Hygienic Standards (Kyiv, Chornobylinterinform, 1997) 10 p. (Ukr)

2. D. Rao, V. Sudheendran, A. Baburajan et al. Measurement of high energy gross beta and 40K by Cherenkov counting in liquid scintillation analyzer. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 243(3) (2000) 651. Article

3. Instructions and Guidelines for the Assessment of the Radiation Situation in the Contaminated Area (Moskva: Goskomgidromet, 1989) 118 p. (Rus)

4. 20 years After the Chernobyl Disaster. Looking to the Future: the National Report of Ukraine (Kyiv: Atika, 2006) 232 p. (Rus) http://chernobyl.undp.org/russian/docs/conf_20.kiev.pdf

5. A. Afifi, S. Eisen, Statistical Analysis. The Approach of Computer Using, Moskva: Mir (1992), 488 p. (Rus) Google Books