Abstract

A procedure is described to extend the current radiochemical method of seawater analysis for Pu and Am including Np. Short-lived 239Np tracer was prepared by separation from its 243Am parent. Irish Sea Water reference material (IAEA-381) containing known concentrations of 237Np, Pu isotopes and 241Am was used to test the procedure for small water volumes. Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used in addition to alpha spectrometry for measurement of 237Np in the purified final Np fractions.

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