An Environmental Surveillance Laboratory for Radionuclide Analyses. Part I - Establishment of an Environmental Surveillance Laboratory: a Case Study. Part II - Analysis of Large Numbers of Milk Samples for Fission Products

An Environmental Surveillance Laboratory for Radionuclide Analyses. Part I - Establishment of an Environmental Surveillance Laboratory: a Case Study. Part II - Analysis of Large Numbers of Milk Samples for Fission Products
Author: Donald C. Parks
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Total Pages: 37
Release: 19??
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Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides

Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides
Author: Pavel P. Povinec
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2011-07-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080553370

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The purpose of this book is to present a state of art summary of current knowledge of methods of assessment of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. It cover the traditional methods of radioactivity measurements such as radiometrics techniques, but also recent developments in the mass spectrometry sector. The book starts with a short preface introducing the subject of the book, summarising content and philosophy of the book, as well as the most important historical achievements. The scientific topics are introduced by description of sampling methods, optimisation of sampling sites and sampling frequency. The recent developments in radiochemical separation methods using chromatography resins for the treatment of actinides, transuranics and other groups of radioelements are also described. No other book is available covering all aspects of environmental radioactivity measurements, although remarkable progress has been made in detection techniques over the last ten years. At present the new methods enable to carry out investigations which were not possible before, either because of lack of sensitivity or because of the fact that they required too large samples.

The Environmental Surveillance Program of the Lawrence BerkeleyLaboratory

The Environmental Surveillance Program of the Lawrence BerkeleyLaboratory
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The major radiological environmental impact of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is due to the operation of four particle accelerators in the pursuit of fundamental research in various disciplines including biology, chemistry, medicine and physics. Potential sources of population exposure at the Laboratory are discussed. The major source of population exposure due to accelerator operation arises from the prompt radiation field which consists principally of neutrons and photons. Release of small quantities of radionuclides is also a potential source of population exposure but is usually an order of magnitude less significant. Accelerator produced radiation levels at the Laboratory boundary are comparable with the magnitudes of the fluctuations found in the natural background radiation. Considerable effort has, therefore, been expended in understanding the magnitude of the components of natural background at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, so that the magnitude of Laboratory-produced radiation may be accurately determined. Environmental monitoring of accelerator-produced radiation and of radionuclides is carried on throughout the Laboratory, at the Laboratory perimeter, and in the regions surrounding the Laboratory. The techniques used are described. Finally, the models used to calculate population exposure are described and discussed.