Use of chromatographic pre-concentration for routine uranium bioassay analysis by ICP-MS |
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Authors: | Hiromu Kurosaki April A. Tucker Sarah E. Iden Shirley M. Sexton Benito D. Gonzalez Govind R. Rao |
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Affiliation: | 1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear and Radiological Protection Division, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6105, USA
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Abstract: | Routine monitoring of urine is an effective way to detect occupational intake of radioactive material. Historically, determinations of uranium isotopic ratios have been performed by radiochemical separation followed by alpha spectrometry. With recent advancements in technology, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has become widely available for the determination of trace metals as well as radioactive nuclides with long half-lives, such as 238U in urine. Furthermore, ICP-MS measurements of 238U do not require radiochemical separation since the number of atoms in the sample is determined instead of the number of alpha particles emitted. However, this method does not provide good sensitivity for the determination of 235U due to its shorter half-life. An improved procedure using pre-concentration of uranium and determination by ICP-MS decreases the detection limit by a factor of ten or greater with only slight increase in total analysis time. The method also has the capability of accurately determining the isotopic ratio of the sample, which is very important in cases where enriched or depleted uranium is involved. |
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