Prof.
Filippo Terrasi
(2nd University of Naples)
19/09/2011, 16:00
Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry
oral presentation
Long lived anthropogenic alpha-emitting radionuclides have been, and stiil are, released in the environment by nuclear weapon tests, nuclear accidents, fuel reprocessing operations and nuclear power plants decommissioning. Among these the most significant are 239,240Pu and 236U. Quantification of releases and tracking their dispersion in the environment has traditionally been the task of alpha...
Dr
Roberto Catalano
(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia -Università degli studi di Catania,INFN sezione di Catania)
19/09/2011, 16:20
Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry
oral presentation
Tritium exists rather uniformly in the environment as a result of both natural production by cosmic-ray interaction with the upper layers of the atmosphere and residual fallout from nuclear weapons tests carried out from 1952 till 1980. Naturally occurring tritium mainly reaches the Earth’s surface in the form of precipitation, becoming part of the hydrological cycle. Nowadays, the possibility...
Gabriele Wallner
(University of Vienna)
19/09/2011, 16:35
Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry
oral presentation
Determination of the isotopic ratio 236U/238U in environmental samples
M. Srncik1, P.Steier2, R. Eigl1, G. Wallner1
1 Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstr. 42,
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
2 Faculty of Physics – Isotope Research, University of Vienna, Währingerstr. 17,
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
236U with a half-life of 2.3∙107 years is produced via...
