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Measurements of the long-lived radionuclides in environmental samples by accelerator mass spectrometry

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We present a brief description of the status of our accelerator mass spectrometry system at the tandem accelerator facility of the University of Tokyo and some examples of measurements in environmental samples which have been recently performed. Fallout10Be activities have been measured, from rain samples collected monthly in Tokyo from 1975 to 1977 and from 1984 to 1986, and compared with those of7Be and137Cs. A preliminary experiment on14C measurement in volcanic gas samples is also reported.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 188, Tanashi, Tokyo, Japan

    M. Imamura

  2. College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Setagaya-ku, 156, Tokyo, Japan

    H. Nagai & M. Honda

  3. Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Kobayashi & K. Yoshida

  4. Laboratory of Radio-pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, Minato-ku, 105, Tokyo, Japan

    H. Yoshikawa

  5. Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Setagaya-ku, 158, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Kobayashi

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Imamura, M., Nagai, H., Honda, M. et al. Measurements of the long-lived radionuclides in environmental samples by accelerator mass spectrometry. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 138, 261–270 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039851

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