A number of analytical methods have been developed in the past few years for
environmental monitoring of plutonium (Pu) isotopes around nuclear facilities within …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS), particularly with sector field mass
analyzers (SF-ICPMS), has emerged in the past several years as an excellent analytical …

The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) will search for double beta decays of 136Xe. We
report the results of a systematic study of trace concentrations of radioactive impurities in a …

The capability of determining element concentrations at the trace and ultratrace level and
isotope ratios is a main feature of inorganic mass spectrometry. The precise and accurate …

The 239+ 240Pu activity profile is determined for a sediment core collected from 170-m
depth at Loch Ness, Scotland. These measurements use magnetic sector inductively …

Inorganic mass spectrometric methods are widely used for multielemental determination at
the trace and ultratrace level for isotope ratio measurements and surface analysis (depth …

A number of analytical methods for Pu isotopes based on ICP-MS measurement have been
developed and applied to the measurement of ultra-trace levels of Pu in nuclear fuel …

Isotope dilution (ID) high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-
MS) combined with an on-line sample pre-treatment method was applied to the trace …

The capability of double-focusing sector field ICP-MS with a plasma-shielded torch using
different nebulizers (a Meinhard nebulizer with a Scott-type spray chamber with a solution …

The determination of Pu isotopes in lake sediments is important for many studies, such as
Pu pollution source identification, sediment mixing estimation, erosion evaluation and …