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Tritium sampling and measurement

M J Wood1, R G McElroy, R A Surette

  • 1Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario.

Health Physics
|December 1, 1993
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Recent advancements have improved tritium measurement instrumentation for air and water monitoring. New passive samplers offer reliable, cost-effective tritium monitoring, while new detectors show promise for challenging environments.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nuclear Science

Background:

  • Tritium monitoring is crucial for environmental safety and nuclear applications.
  • Basic tritium sampling and measurement techniques have remained consistent.
  • Significant improvements in tritium measurement instrumentation have emerged.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe current methods for sampling and measuring tritium.
  • To highlight recent advancements in tritium measurement instrumentation.
  • To assess the suitability of various tritium monitoring techniques for different applications.

Main Methods:

  • Review of commercial ion-chamber-based and gas-flow-proportional-counter-based tritium monitors for air.
  • Analysis of commercial low-level liquid scintillation spectrometers for water.

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  • Evaluation of Helium-3 (3He) mass spectrometry for highly sensitive water analysis.
  • Assessment of passive tritium-oxide-in-air samplers.
  • Consideration of airflow proportional counters for air monitoring in challenging conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Commercial tritium monitors for air show improved design and quality.
    • Liquid scintillation spectrometers can detect tritium-in-water concentrations as low as 0.65 Bq L-1.
    • Helium-3 mass spectrometry remains the most sensitive method, detecting concentrations as low as 0.35 mBq L-1.
    • Passive samplers are reliable, convenient, and cost-effective for workplace and environmental monitoring.
    • Developing airflow proportional counters show promise but are limited by humidity.

    Conclusions:

    • Instrumentation for tritium measurement has seen notable improvements.
    • Passive samplers offer an attractive, low-cost solution for many tritium monitoring needs.
    • Further development of advanced detectors is needed for specific challenging applications.