Analysis of radioiodine in ground litter samples downwind of the Savannah River Site |
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| Authors: | M. D. Engelmann N. E. Ballou R. A. Kiddy D. D. Jenson |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 909 Battelle BLVD, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA;(2) Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA |
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| Abstract: | Ground litter samples were collected and analyzed for radioiodine (129I) content from distances of 1.4–128 km away from the Savannah River Site nuclear fuel reprocessing facility. Analysis methods consisted of thermo-chromatographic separation of the iodine from the sample matrix followed by isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS). The results indicate that measurable quantities of radioiodine are released and that the accumulation decreases as a function of distance from the source in agreement with a simple approximation described in the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) report. |
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