Application accelerator mass spectrometer to environmental sciences and health physics

Amano, Hikaru

Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) is a quite useful tool to determine precisely ultra low level amounts of long lived radio nuclides. This method has mainly been applied not only to the field of archeology, but also to the field of environmental sciences and health physics. It is utilized as a tracer to analyze environmental issues, because it assures high sensitivity measurement in short time in addition to small amounts. In the field of nuclear and health physics, it opens the door to detect long lived radio nuclides which can not be determined in traditional radiometric methods. This review summarizes recent application of AMS to environmental sciences and health physics.