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- Title
Analysis of radioiodine in ground litter samples downwind of the Savannah River Site.
- Authors
Engelmann, M. D.; Ballou, N. E.; Kiddy, R. A.; Jenson, D. D.
- Abstract
Ground litter samples were collected and analyzed for radioiodine (129I) content from distances of 1.4–128 km away from the Savannah River Site nuclear fuel reprocessing facility. Analysis methods consisted of thermo-chromatographic separation of the iodine from the sample matrix followed by isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS). The results indicate that measurable quantities of radioiodine are released and that the accumulation decreases as a function of distance from the source in agreement with a simple approximation described in the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) report.
- Subjects
SOUTH Carolina; IODINE isotopes; LITTER (Trash); NUCLEAR facilities; MASS spectrometry; UNITED Nations. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation; SAVANNAH River Site (S.C.); UNITED Nations
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2009, Vol 282, Issue 3, p825
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-009-0305-2