Analysis of plutonium isotopes in marine samples by radiometric, ICP-MS and AMS techniques

S. H. Lee; J. Gastaud; J. J. La Rosa; L. Liong Wee Kwong; P. P. Povinec; E. Wyse; L. K. Fifield; P. A. Hausladen; L. M. Di Tada; G. M. Santos

doi:10.1023/A:1010609215926

Analysis of plutonium isotopes in marine samples by radiometric, ICP-MS and AMS techniques

S. H. Lee^*, J. Gastaud, J. J. La Rosa, L. Liong Wee Kwong, P. P. Povinec, E. Wyse, L. K. Fifield, P. A. Hausladen, L. M. Di Tada, G. M. Santos

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IAEA reference materials (radionuclides in the marine environment) collected in areas affected by nuclear reprocessing plants and nuclear weapons tests have been analysed by semiconductor alpha-spectrometry (SAS), liquid scintillation spectrometry (LSS) and mass spectrometric techniques (high resolution ICP-MS and AMS) with the aim of developing analytical procedures and to study the geochemical behavior of plutonium in the marine environment. The Pu results obtained by SAS, ICP-MS and AMS were in reasonably good agreement (R² = 0.99). The mean atom ratios of ²⁴⁰Pu/²³⁹Pu in IAEA reference materials, IAEA-134, 135 and 381 were (0.212±0.010), (0.211±0.004) and (0.242±0.004), respectively. IAEA-384 (Fangataufa Lagoon Sediment) gave a ^24OPu/²³⁹Pu mean atom ratio of 0.051±0.001. The results of ²⁴¹Pu obtained by ICP-MS and LSS also show reasonable agreement (R² = 0.91). Pu isotopic signatures were useful in tracing Pu origin and in interpreting biogeochemical processes involving Pu in the marine environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	757-764
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	248
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010609215926
Publication status	Published - 2001

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