[ RadSafe ] [Fwd: Radio-strontium in urine via cerenkov counting?]

[Marcel Schouwenburg]

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Subject: 	Radio-strontium in urine via cerenkov counting?
Date: 	Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:08:23 +1000
From: 	HARRISON, Jennifer <jjh at ANSTO.GOV.AU>
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<RADCH-L at IN2P3.FR>, "HARRISON, Jennifer" <jjh at ANSTO.GOV.AU>
To: 	RADCH-L at IN2P3.FR



Is it possible to use cerenkov counting as a semi-quantitative screening 
method for determining radio-strontium in urine? If so does anyone know 
of a published method I could use? Is it possible to simply concentrate 
a sample, dissolve in HCl and count with appropriate standards and a 
background or are there interfering species or any other pitfalls I need 
to be aware of?

Regards,

Jennifer Harrison
Radioanalyst
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
PMB 1, Menai NSW 2234
T 02 9717 3480
F 02 9717 9270
E jennifer.harrison at ansto.gov.au
www.ansto.gov.au

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