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Speciation and Bioavailability Measurements of Environmental Plutonium Using Diffusion in Thin Films
Published on: November 9, 2015
A continuous plutonium aerosol monitor for use in high radon environments
HuiBin Li1, MingYan Jia, GuoShen Li
1Radiation Protection Laboratory, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, 100086 Beijing, China. manxue685@126.com
Abstract:
Radon concentration is very high in underground basements and other facilities. Radon concentration in a nuclear facility locates in the granite tunnel can be as high as 10(4) Bq m(-3) in summer. Monitoring plutonium aerosol in this circumstance is seriously interfered by radon daughters. In order to solve this problem, a new continuous aerosol monitor that can monitor very low plutonium aerosol concentration in high radon background was developed. Several techniques were used to reduce interference of radon daughters, and the minimum detectable concentrations in various radon concentrations were measured.
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