Evaluation of uncertainty components associated with alpha particle spectrometric measurements of uranium isotopes in water
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Prof. Dr. Meryem SEFERİNOĞLU Tenmak (Turkish Energy, Nuclear And Mineral Research Agency), Türkiye
Abdullah Dirican Tenmak (Turkish Energy, Nuclear And Mineral Research Agency), Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Pinar Esra Erden Tenmak (Turkish Energy, Nuclear And Mineral Research Agency), Türkiye
Demet Erçin Tenmak (Turkish Energy, Nuclear And Mineral Research Agency), Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Applied Radiation and Isotopes (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0969-8043 Dergi Bilgileri (2014)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 12-2014
Kabul Tarihi – Yayınlanma Tarihi 01-12-2014
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 94 / 1 / 355–362 DOI 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.09.002
Makale Linki http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0969804314003248
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Dedektör Teknolojisi
Özet
Qualifications of uncertainties associated with the measurement of specific activity concentration of uranium radioisotope (238U) in water samples by alpha-particle spectrometry are presented. Possible sources of uncertainty are identified and quantified in the activity concentration measurements of 238U isotope; the major source being the statistical counting uncertainty as expected. The combined relative standard uncertainty U(a238U) of the measurement was calculated as 1.4Bqkg-1 (7.9%) for the investigated NPL sample. The accuracy and precision of recommended procedure were checked analysing six spiked water samples supplied from IAEA-proficiency test exercises. The results were evaluated in terms of relative bias, z-score, u-score, trueness and precision. These results show that the activity values and their uncertainties are in good agreement with recommended values.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Alpha-particle spectrometry | Measurement uncertainty | Radiochemical separation | Uranium in water