Abstract
The long-lived rare earth isotopes 151Sm (90 years, βmax = 76.3 keV) and 147Pm (2.62 years, βmax = 224.6 keV) are low-yield fission products that generally require lengthy separation procedures to isolate and count by their beta emissions. We will describe novel liquid scintillation counting techniques using radioactive tracers to determine radiochemical yields from an environmental matrix. The recovery of 151Sm is determined from the alpha decay (2.25 MeV) of 147Sm in the natural Sm carrier and is in excellent agreement with the gravimetric recovery. The 147Pm recovery is determined by the use of 145Pm (17.7 years, EC) tracer, custom-produced at LANL using an isotopically enriched target of 144Sm. We have determined the 145Pm recovery both from the 37.4 keV kα1 X-ray, and the electron-capture emissions by LSC. A comparison of these recovery methods is presented.
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