Actinides dans les échantillons de sol/Actinides in soil samples/Actinide in Bodenproben

Hi!

The demands for the determination of actinides in soil are varying from country to country, it would be interesting to get a bit more clear idea on what is done where (analytes, requested detection limits, sample mass, complete dissolution vs. leaching).... any participation would be highly appreciated!

For people interested in working with DGA: there's a couple of publications that might be of interest:

Horwitz, E.P.; et al.: "Synergistic Enhancement of the Extraction of Trivalent Lanthanides and Actinides by Tetra-(n-Octyl)Diglycolamide from Chloride Media", Solvent Extraction & Ion Exchange, Vol. 26(1), in press(2008)

Maxwell, S.L.; Culligan, B.K.: "Rapid Column Extraction Method for Actinides in Soil", Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 270, No. 3, pp. 699-704(2006)

Maxwell, S.L.: "Rapid Method for Determination of Plutonium, Americium and Curium in Large Soil Samples", Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 275, No. 2(2007)

Please do not hesitate to post any problem you meet, or any method/method improvement you'd like to share!! Your participation is very welcome!!

Best Regards,
Steffen