Isolation and purification of the xenon fraction of 252Cf spontaneous fission products for the production of radioactive xenon calibration standards

T. P. Houghton; C. A. Mcgrath; R. K. Hague; J. G. Eisenmenger; T. A. Robinson

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4507-5

Isolation and purification of the xenon fraction of ²⁵²Cf spontaneous fission products for the production of radioactive xenon calibration standards

T. P. Houghton
, C. A. Mcgrath
, R. K. Hague
, J. G. Eisenmenger
, T. A. Robinson

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Idaho National Laboratory (INL) produces ¹³⁵Xe, ^133mXe, ¹³³Xe, and ^131mXe standards for the calibration and testing of the collection equipment and analytical techniques used to monitor radioactive xenon emissions. At INL, xenon is produced and collected as one of several spontaneous fission products from a ²⁵²Cf source in a stagnant volume of pressurized helium. Solids are separated from gases by sintered steel filtration. Further chromatographic purification of the fission gases separates the xenon fraction for selective collection. An explanation of gas system, separation, and purification is presented. ¹³⁵Xe and ¹³³Xe activity ratio adjustments are explained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2557-2562
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	307
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4507-5
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

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Gas chromatography
Radioactive gas
Radioactive standards
Radioactive xenon
Spontaneous fission

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Isolation and purification of the xenon fraction of ²⁵²Cf spontaneous fission products for the production of radioactive xenon calibration standards

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