Simple determination method using ICP-MS for I in radioactive liquid waste solidified with bitumen

Kameo, Yutaka ; Ishimori, Kenichiro ; Shimada, Asako ; Takahashi, Kuniaki 

A simple determination method was developed to measure I in low level radioactive liquid waste solidified with bitumen. A simulated bituminized product sample was cut to 0.02 g pieces, subsequently these pieces and sodium carbonate were heated in an electric furnace. This procedure could well decompose the bituminized sample without volatilizing I. Sixty to seventy percent of I was recovered by a solid phase extraction disk from a solution containing the decomposed sample. A dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer was applied to measure I, and as a result, detection limit of I was reduced to by a factor of about 6 comparing with conventional ICP-MS measurement. Determined radioactivity concentration for the simulated bituminized sample containing I was good agreement with expected value within 6% error.