90Sr activity was measured with the full spectrum DPM (FS-DPM) counting method after plotting the quench correction curves of 90Sr and 90Y, and the FS-DPM method was applied to determine the 90Sr in liquid waste samples. The optimum regions of 90Sr and 90Y were set for measuring 90Sr with the dual label DPM (DL-DPM) method. The direct measurement of purified 90Sr with spectrum unfolding techniq...

We have developed a semiautomatic procedure based on a sequential injection method for 90Sr/90Y determination that allows their radiochemical separation in about 30 min. The method has been tested using 90Sr/90Y solutions with activities lower than 12 Bq. The source is eluted in a pH = 6.5 medium through a MnO2-impregnated cotton filter, where 9OY is preconcentrated in preference by adsorption....

The decay characteristics of 90Sr-90Y ensure that the mother and daughter nuclides exist in radioactive equilibrium, unless they get discriminated on the basis of their chemical properties, as it happens during metabolism. Although bone is the ultimate organ of deposition, the two nuclides arrive at this target organ over different biokinetic pathways. As 90Y is not excreted, it goes through tr...

Cerenkov counting is a convenient and effective method of high-energy beta radiation, which has long been used to measure number radionuclides, such as, in particular, 90Sr+90Y, environmental objects. The traditional requires the use radiochemical sample preparation procedures, but these procedures may be simpler than those used, for example, liquid scintillation (LSC) method. We proposed Ceren...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the inhibitory effects of 90Sr-90Y β-irradiation in a rat model of alkali burn-induced corneal neovascularization (CNV). Alkali burn-induced CNV was induced in the right eyes of 30 female Wistar rats, which were randomly divided into the following three groups (n=10/group): i) The alkali burn control group, which received a balanced salt solution ...

The tsunami after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake devastated a vast coastal area of eastern Japan. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor suffered meltdowns of its uranium fuel rods, resulting in the release of radioactive isotopes. One of the most environmentally critical isotopes released was strontium-90 (90Sr), a fission product of uranium and plutonium which has a half-life of 29 years, thus rem...

We present data that illustrate some advantages of Cherenkov counting for the radioassay of 90Y in the dry state and provide recommendations concerning sample counting geometry. Slightly higher detection efficiencies and figures-of-merit were obtained when counting 90Y in the dry state in polyethylene plastic counting vials compared to the counting of 90Y in 20 ml of water in borosilicate glass...

Strontium-90 concentration was measured in human bones and teeth collected in Greece during the period 1992-1996. One hundred and five bone samples, mainly cancellous bone, and 108 samples, taken from a total of 896 individual teeth were processed. Samples were classified according to the age and sex of the donors. Samples were chemically pre-treated according to a specially devised method to e...

This work presents an optimized method for the determination of multiple samples containing 90Sr when its daughter 90Y is measured after chemical separation and in sequence, i.e. during its decay. Consequently the measurement times will increase for each subsequent sample, since there has been a longer time for decay before measurement. Compared to a previously published approach, when 90Y is m...