Development of an optimised method for analysis of 90Sr in decommissioning wastes by triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

B Russell; M García-Miranda; P Ivanov

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.025

Development of an optimised method for analysis of ⁹⁰Sr in decommissioning wastes by triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Appl Radiat Isot. 2017 Aug:126:35-39. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.025. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

Authors

B Russell¹, M García-Miranda², P Ivanov²

Affiliations

¹ National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK. Electronic address: ben.russell@npl.co.uk.
² National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.

PMID: 28153436
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.025

Abstract

The ongoing development of an optimised procedure for the measurement of ⁹⁰Sr in decommissioning samples using the latest generation triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-QQQ-MS) is presented. The procedure incorporates digestion, and separation from interferences using a combination of wet chemical and instrument-based separation using the ICP-QQQ-MS reaction cell. The key factors under study are the procedural time and limits of detection achievable compared to existing radiometric techniques.

Keywords: Chemical separation; Digestion; ICP-QQQ-MS; Reaction cell separation; Strontium-90.