Determination of Uranium by Neutron Activation Analysis and Delayed Neutron Counting

Abstract

Quantitative determination of uranium at low levels has many applications,
e.g., in the environmental field, screening of soils, stream
sediments, various water supplies, mining organisations in search of
new sites, monitoring of run off from existing mines, personnel monitoring
for those working with uranium from its raw ores to the purified
element and assoicated compounds. In this work two analytical methods
of uranium determination were used to analyze the same set of clay
samples from various places from Al-Washime district. Both neutron
activation analysis and, dela;yed neutron counting have been examined.
The comparison  was carried out to show the agreement and degree of
accuracy between the two methods used.