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Radiological characterization is of paramount importance for nuclear safeguards. Unfortunately, some radionuclides cannot be easily detected and measured. Do you know why these radionuclides are “Hard-to-Measure”? How should we deal with them? This is what you are going to learn in this lecture.

After this lecture you will be able to:  

  • describe the differences between Easy-to-Measure and Hard-to-Measure radionuclides;
  • explain why the determination of Hard-to-Measure radionuclides requires destructive analysis;
  • describe the main radiochemical methods to separate the analytes from the matrix and from interfering radionuclides;
  • apply the radiochemical methods to a real case: determination of Hard-to-Measure radionuclides in a real sample.