Actinide speciation by means of X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) is reviewed with
emphasis on actinide speciation in the field of nuclear disposal safety research. The XAFS …

A number of analytical methods have been developed in the past few years for
environmental monitoring of plutonium (Pu) isotopes around nuclear facilities within …

The updated and much expanded 3e of the Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis is an
authoritative reference providing the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS), particularly with sector field mass
analyzers (SF-ICPMS), has emerged in the past several years as an excellent analytical …

In order to measure trace plutonium and its isotopes ratio (240 Pu/239 Pu) in environmental
samples with a high uranium, an analytical method was developed using radiochemical …

A series of different nuclear sources associated with the nuclear weapon and fuel cycles
have contributed to the release of radioactive particles to the environment. Following nuclear …

Synchrotron radiation (SR) based techniques have been utilized with increasing frequency
in the past decade to explore the brilliant and challenging sciences of actinide‐based …

Lichens have been widely used as a biomonitoring tool to record the distribution and
concentration of airborne radioactivity and pollutants such as metals. There are limitations …

Since the first nuclear weapons tests in the 1940s, pulsed inputs of plutonium isotopes have
served as excellent tracers for understanding sources, pathways, dynamics and the fate of …

Micro X-ray fluorescence analysis (μ-XRF) is one of the newest branches of XRF, which has
developed very rapidly since 1990. In this review, we first discuss a number of papers that …