USGS

Methods For Determination of Radioactive Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments

U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 5, Chapter A5

By L.L. Thatcher, V.J. Janzer and K.W. Edwards


Table of Contents

Preface

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose

Organization

Nuclear data

Units, symbols, and abbreviations

Sources of radioactivity in water

Natural radioactivity

Artificial radioactivity

Permissible concentrations of radioactivity in effluents to unrestricted areas

Radiological safety

Geochemistry of radioactivity in water

Carbon-14

Cesium-137 and cesium-134

Lead-210

Radium

Ruthenium-106 and ruthenium-103

Strontium-SO

Tritium (hydrogen-3)

Uranium

Collection and treatment of samples

Calculations of radionuclide concentrations

Glossary

Selected references

Principles of radioactivity, nuclear instrumentation

Compilations of data on radioactivity and radiochemistry

Radioactivity in the environment

Radioisotope methods in hydrology

Radiochemical analytical methods

Radioactivity regulations and safety

References

Carbon-14, dissolved, apparent age. Liquid scintillation method, Denver lab (R-llOO-76)

References

Cesium-137 and cesium-134, dissolved. Inorganic ion-exchange method-gamma counting (R-1110-76) -

References

Radiocesium, dissolved, as ceaium-137. Inorganic ion-exchange method-beta counting (R-1111-76)

Reference

Gross alpha and beta radioactivity, dissolved and suspended. Residue method (R-1120-76)

Reference

Lead-210, dissolved. Chemical separation and precipitation method (R-1130-76)

References

Radium, dissolved, as radium-226. Precipitation method (R-1140-76)

Reference

Radium-226, dissolved. Radon emanation method (R-1141-76)

References

Radium-228, dissolved. Determination by separation and counting of actinium-228 (R-1142-76)

Reference

Radioruthenium, dissolved, as ruthenium-106. Distillation method (R-1160-76)

References

Strontium-90, dissolved. Chemical separation and precipitation method (R-1160-76)

References

Tritium. Liquid scintillation method, Denver lab (R-1171-76)

Reference

Tritium. Liquid scintillation method, Reston lab (R-1173-76)

References

Tritium. Electrolytic enrichment-liquid scintillation method, Denver lab (R-1172-76)

References

Tritium. Electrolytic enrichment-liquid scintillation method, Reston lab (R-1174-76)

References

Uranium, dissolved. Fluorometric method-direct (R-1180-76)

References

Uranium, dissolved. Fluorometric method-extraction procedure (R-1181-76)

References

Uranium, dissolved, isotopic ratios. Alpha spectrometry~hemical separation (R-1182-76)

Reference

 


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