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. 2023 Aug 28;9(9):e19470. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19470

Table 5.

List of potential radionuclides from Table 4, the proposed technique for their measurement (γ, α, β - spectrometry or proportional counter, PC), the need of isolation before measurement (RI) and suitable volume (V in ml) and counting time (CT in minutes) to achieve the detection limit (y# in Bq/l).

RI γ-S α-S β-S PC V (ml) CT (m) y# (Bq/l)
Ag-108m X 500 1440 0.04
Ag-110m X 500 1440 0.07
Am-241 X X 100 5000 0.002
Am-243 X X 100 5000 0.002
Ba-133 X 500 1440 0.05
Ba-140 X 500 1440 0.3
C-14 X X 100 300 0.1
Ca-41 X X 500 300 0.2
Ce-141 X 500 1440 0.2
Ce-143 X 500 1440 0.2
Ce-144 X 500 1440 0.5
Cl-36 X X 60 300 0.3
Cm-242 X X 100 5000 0.002
Cm-243 + 44 X X 100 5000 0.002
Co-57 X 500 1440 0.06
Co-58 X 500 1440 0.08
Co-60 X 500 1440 0.05
Cr-51 X 500 1440 0.3
Cs-134 X 500 1440 0.1
Cs-135 (*)
Cs-136 X 500 1440 0.1
Cs-137 X 500 1440 0.1
Eu-152 X 500 1440 0.5
Eu-154 X 500 1440 0.2
Fe-55 X X 400 180 0.03
Fe-59 X X 500 1440 0.08
H-3 X X 25 1440 1
I-129 X X 2000 1000 0.01
I-131 X 500 1440 0.066
La-140 X 500 1440 0.4
Mn-54 X 500 1440 0.04
Mo-93 X X 500 300 0.2
Mo-99 X 500 1440 0.1
Nb-93m X X 100 1440 4
Nb-94 X 500 1440 0.09
Nb-95 X 500 1440 0.09
Ni-59 X X 400 180 0.03
Ni-63 X 400 180 0.03
Np-237 X X 100 5000 0.005
Np-239 X 500 1440 0.3
P-32 X X 500 100 0.15
Pm-147 (*)
Pu-238 X X 100 5000 0.002
Pu-239 + 40 X X 100 5000 0.002
Pu-241 X X 100 3000 0.2
Sb-125 X 500 1440 0.4
Sn-126 X X 500 1590 0.30
Sr-89 X X 250 1000 0.03
Sr-90 X X 250 1000 0.02
Ru-103 X 500 1440 0.2
Ru-106 X 500 1440 0.7
Ta-182 X 500 1440 0.3
Tc-99 X X 500 360 0.015
Te-131m X 500 1440 0.5
Te-132 X 500 1440 0.09
U-232 X X 50 5000 0.004
U-233 X X 50 5000 0.004
U-234 X X 50 5000 0.004
U-235 X X 50 5000 0.004
U-236 X X 50 5000 0.004
U-238 X X 50 5000 0.004
Y-91 X X 250 1000 0.03
Zn-65 X 500 1440 0.2
Zr-95 X 500 1440 0.2

NOTE: (*) Not evaluable by any of the proposed techniques.