A simple method for determination of natural and depleted uranium in surface soil samples

I Vukanac; D Novković; A Kandić; M Djurasević; Z Milosević

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.056

A simple method for determination of natural and depleted uranium in surface soil samples

Appl Radiat Isot. 2010 Jul-Aug;68(7-8):1433-4. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.056. Epub 2009 Dec 3.

Authors

I Vukanac¹, D Novković, A Kandić, M Djurasević, Z Milosević

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia. [email protected]

PMID: 20022756
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.056

Abstract

A simple and efficient method for determination of uranium content in surface soil samples contaminated with depleted uranium, by gamma ray spectrometry is presented. The content of natural uranium and depleted uranium, as well as the activity ratio (235)U/(238)U of depleted uranium, were determined in contaminated surface soil samples by application of this method.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Methods
Radiation Monitoring / methods*
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
Spectrometry, Gamma / methods
Uranium / analysis*

Substances

Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
Uranium