Open AccessUrine strontium-90 (Sr-90) manual and automated pre-analytical separation followed by liquid scintillation counting
Author(s) -
Olga Piraner,
Robert L. Jones
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1588-2780
pISSN - 0236-5731
DOI - 10.1007/s10967-021-07759-z
Subject(s) - strontium , liquid scintillation counting , radionuclide , radiological weapon , radiochemistry , radioactive contamination , isotopes of strontium , strontium 90 , contamination , environmental science , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , biology , ecology
Responding to a radiological or nuclear incident may require assessing tens to hundreds of thousands of people for possible radionuclide contamination. The measurement of radioactive Sr is important because of its impact on people's health. The existing analytical method for urine Sr-90 analysis using crown ethers is laborious and involves possible exposure to concentrated acids; therefore, this work is devoted to the development of the automated Sr-90 separation process, which became possible with the prep Fast pre-analytical system (Elemental Scientific, Inc).