TEN

MULTIPLE ADDRESSEES

SR-90 AND Y-90 HAS BEEN ATTAINED.
AND USED TO QUANTIFY THE SR-90.

THE Y-90 IS SEPARATED
A[4ERICIUM Ai4D PLUTOJJIUM

ANALYSES OFF-SITE INCLUDE ISOLATION OF PU FROM AM AND
ELECTRODEPOSITIO!l.

TRACERS WILL BE USED TO QUANTIFY PU,

AM ACTIVITY BASED ON THE RATIO OF THE TRACER TO ISOTOPE
OF INTEREST.

1.

ANALYSIS OF CORAL SOIL FOR SR-90
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCEDURE
OF SR-90 IN CORRALINE SOIL.

IS TO DETERMINE TliE AIvIOUNT
THIS PROCEDURE ASSUMES

SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM HAS BEE[i ACHIEVED.

THE ‘f-90 Is

SEPARATED FROM THE SR-90 AND COUNTED IN LON BETA BACKGROUND
COUNTER.

REAGENTS
0.0!3H HC1
SR-85
SR CARRIER 10tlG/ML
Y CARRIER 20MG/ML
5% DI-2-ETHYL-HEXYL PHOSPHORIC ACID IN TOLUENE
3N HNo

(HDEHP)

CONCENTRATED NH40H
lN HCl
SATURATED (NH4)2C204
CALCIUM CARBOIIATE
AFTER SAMPLES HAVE BEEN BALLMILLED AND HOMOGENIZED:
A.

ALIQUOT 5-1OG

OF CORAL I!ITO150ML

PORCELIN CRUCIBLE.

ADD SR-35 TRACER AND SR CARRIER 10MG/ML, Y CARRIER
2oMG/ML.

(TO DUPLICATE SAMPLE ADD Y-88 TO f4EASURE

YTTRIUM YIELD, 10% OF SAMPLES MILL BE DUPLICATED).

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