Development of new analytical method based on beta-alpha coincidence method for selective measurement of 214Bi-214Po-application to dust filter used in radiation management.

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, Tokai Research and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan.

Published: July 2011


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The radionuclide pair (214)Bi and (214)Po which belongs to the uranium series interferes with airborne radionuclide measurement needed for the radiation management of a nuclear facility. Time intervals between (214)Bi (β) and (214)Po (α) are much shorter than artificial radionuclides due to the short half-life of (214)Po (164 μs). The purpose of this study is to develop of a new analytical method (time interval analysis: TIA) based on the beta-alpha coincidence method for selective measurement of (214)Bi-(214)Po. The developed method was applied to an actual dust-filter measurement. The TIA system was highly effective in measuring of the filter with background subtraction.

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