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Standardization of tritiated water by two improved methods
D Stanga1, I Moreau, P Cassette
1National Institute of R&D for Physics and Nuclear Engineering Horia Hulubei IFIN-HH, P.O.Box MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele, R-077125, Romania. doru@ifin.nipne.ro
Abstract:
Tritiated water has been standardized in the framework of a French-Romanian cooperation by two improved methods: liquid scintillation counting based on the triple to double coincidence ratio method and the internal gas proportional counting used in conjunction with a tritium generator for chemical reduction of water. The uncertainties of measurement for both methods were smaller than 0.6% and the two results were consistent within these uncertainties, indicating that either method is equally suited for standardizing tritiated water.
