NUC AR 95
PROCEEDINGS OFNUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRYSYMPOSIUM, IGCAR, KALPAKKAM
FEBRUARY 21-24,1995
Editors
S.G. KULKARNIS.B. MANOHAR
D.D. SOOD
UNtVERSITATSBiELIOTHEKHANNOVER
TECHNISCHEINFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISIONBHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE
BOMBAY, INDIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Committees xviii
Foreword xix
SEMINAR TALKS
Keynote Chemistry in the Development of Fast Breeder Reactors 1C.K. Maihews
ST-1 Chemical Research on Nuclear Fuels at BARC 3D.D. Sood
ST-2 Trends in the Separation Chemistry for the Nuclear Fuels Reprocessing 12Claude Musikas
ST-3 Chemistry of Materials for Liquid Metal Cooled Fission and Fusion Reactors 20Hans Ulrkh Bofgstedt and Heike Glasbrenner
ST-4 Fuel Rod Materials - Chemistry 30D. R Olander
INVITED TALKS
IT-1 Behaviour and Monitoring of Impurities in Liquid Sodium Coolant of FastBreeder Reactors . 34
T. Gnanasekaran
IT-2 Radio Labelled Nucleotides 43D.V. Singh
IT-3 Recent Developments in the Treatment of Radioactive Waste • 49Kanwar Raj, M.S. Sonavane andRG. Yeotikar
IT-4 Ultrafast Radiochemical Separations 58Krish Rengan
IT-5 Incomplete Fusion in Heavy Ion Reactions 63B.S. Tomar
IT-6 Recent Advances In Radioanalytical Chemistry 70A.N. Garg
IT-7 Heat Capacity Measurement of Nuclear Materials; Recent Developments ofNew Dynamic Techniques at Temperatures above 1800 K 80
Tsuneo Matsui
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
NC-1 Incomplete Fusion in 1 9F+9 3Nb Reaction 87A. Goswami, B.S. Tomar, G.K. Gubbi, A.V.R Reddy, A. Nijasure,B. John and S.B. Manohar
NC-2 botppic Yields of Iodine in 98 MeV 16O Induced Fission of 232Th 89A. V.R Reddy, A.G.C. Nair, B.S. Tomar, A. Goswami, G.K. Gubbiand S. B. Manohar
NC-3 Linear Momentum Transfer in a-induced Reactions on Medium Heavy Nuclei 91R Guin, S. K. Das and S. K. Saha
NC-4 Charge Distribution Study in the Proton Induced Fission of 232Th • 93S.S. Rattan, A. Ramaswami andS.B. Manohar
NC-5 Absolute' Yields of Fission Products in the Fast Neutron Induced Fission'of243Am 95
H. Naik, A.G.C. Nair, A.K. Pandey, RJ. Singh, P.C. Kaki,A. Ramaswami and RH. Iyer
NC-6 Charge Distribution in Thermal Neutron Fission of 22*Th 97H. Naik, S.P. Dange, T. Datta, RJ. Singh and S.B. Manohar
NC-7 The Activity Profile and Cross-section of Isotopes from a-lnducedNuclear Reaction on Zr for Radioanafy tical Applications V 99
D.P. Chowdhury, SujitPal, Jayanta Chaudhuri
NC-8 Positronium Behaviour In Nafion-H7 Membrane 101P.K. Pujari, H. Sodaye, A. Goswami, Hari Mohan, T. Dattaand S.B. Manohar
NC-9 Positronium Reactions in Triton X-100 Micelles Incorporating Guest Molecules 103Subir Kumar Das and B. Nandi Ganguly
NC-10 Annealing Studies On Neutron Activated La(BrO3>3.2H2O 106V.G. Dedgaonkar, RG. Apte and D.A. Bhagwat
NC-11 Hot Atom Chemistry of Some Substituted Chlorobenzenes 108S.H. Bhirud and B.S.M. Rao
NC-12 Hot Atom Chemistry in Oxyanion Targets Part V : Recoil behaviour of 56Mn
and 128IinSr(MnO4).3H2O and Sr(103)2 Targets under (n,y) Process 110Shuddhodan P. Mishra, Shree Niwas Chaturvedi and Vijaya
NC-13 Heavy Ion Ranges in Kapton Using Nuclear Track Technique 112C. Laldawngliana, S. Ghosh, X. Srivastava, K.K. Dwivedi, P. Voter
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NC-14 The Influence of Low Doses of Gamma Radiation on Track Etching Behaviour"• in Cr-3.9 Detector 114
D. Sinha, A. Srivastava and K.K. Dwivedi
NC-15 Radiation Stability Studies of the New Complex Inorganic Exchanger (ZrP-AMP) 116y: V.N. Reddy, J. Satyanarayana,'G.S. Murthy and A. Dash
NC-16 High Activity Tc99m Generators Based on Zirconium Molybdate-Mo99Mpfiix -Preparation and Evaluation 118
'SSfT. Sarkar, D.V.S. Narasimhan, Saraswathy Padmanabhan, L.N. Singhand RR Patel
NC-17 Httiw<t|i)MjP of Tritium Targets - Desorption Rate Per Unit Uptake RatioandTemp«ature 120
K.V.S. Sooty and BA.Kulkarni
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CHEMISTRY OF ACTINIDES
CA-1 Metal-Solvate Stoichiometry in Extraction by Neutral Solvents 122T.G. Srinivasan, A. Suresh, R Prasanna, N. Jayanthi andP.R Vasudeva Rao
CA-2 Extraction of Th(TV) by some Trialkyl Phosphates 124ASuresh, NJayanthi, T.G.Srinivasan andP.RVasudeva Rao
CA-3 Effect of Alcohols on Third Phase Formation in Extraction of Th(IV) byTributyl Phosphate • 126
RDhamodaran, T.CSrinivasan and P.RVasudeva Rao
CA-4 Extraction of Thorium by 3-Phenyl-4-Benzoyl-5-Isoxazolone in the Presenceof Trioctyl Phosphine Oxide and Tributylphosphate 128
P. Thakur, R Veeraraghavan, P.K. Mohapatra, V.K. Manchanda And K.C. Dash
CA-5 Studies on U-Th Separation Using Tri-Sec-Butyl Phosphate 130A. Suresh, S. Subramaniam, T.G. Srinivasan andP.R Vasudeva Rao
CA-6 Extraction of Uranium(VI) from Mineral Acid Solutions Using Cyanex-272 - 132S.D. Dogmane, N. Varadarajan, RK. Singh, D.D. Bajpai, J.N. Mathur
CA-7 Tri-lso-Amyl Phosphate: a New Indigenous Extractant for U(VI) and Pu(IV) from ;Aqueous Nitric Acid Solutions 134
J.P. Shukla, C.S. Kedari, M.M. Gautam, S.H. Hasan andD.C. Rupainwar
CA-8 Extraction of Actinides by Substituted Malonamides 136G.M. Nair, D.R. Prabhu and G.R Mahajan
CA-9 Solvent Extraction Studies of Uranium from Sodium Chloride Medium 138S. Raghupathy and M. Sudersa'nan
CA-10 Third Phase Formation in the Extraction of Uranium by N,N Di-n-Butyl Octanamide 140RPrasanna,T.G.Srinivasan and P.RVasudeva Rao
CA-11 Solvent Extraction of Uranium(VI) with Binary Mixture of Acetyl Acetoneand Benzoic Acid . 142
/. Mohanty and V. Chakravortty
CA-12 Extraction of Uranium (VI) by A Mixture of Aliquat-336 and PC-88 A 144Sujata Mishra and V.Chakravortty, A.Suresh,T.G.Srinivasan andP.R Vasudeva Rao
CA-13 Liquid-Liquid Extraction ofUranium(IV) by Mixtures of Aliquat-336 andTBP/Alamine-304/PC-88A from Aqueous HC1 Media 146
S. Mishra, S. Mohanty and V. Chakravortty
CA-14 Solvent Extraction Studies of Plutonium from Alkaline Medium with Cekanoik Acid > 148Veena Sagar, K. Venugopal Chetty and Rajendra Swarup
CA-15 Studies on the Extraction of Plutonium from Aqueous Nitric Acid-HydrofluoricAcid Solutions 150
UM.Kasar, S.M.Pawar and A.RJoshi
CA-16 Extraction of Plutonium and Uranium from Oxalate Bearing Solutions UsingPhosphonic Acid . 152
A.G. Godbole, P.M. Mapara and Rajendra Swarup
CA-17 Studies on the Extraction of Am(III) from Alkaline Solutions by Monocarboxylic Acids 154J.P. Shukla, N.S. Rathore, Anil Kumar and RK.Singh
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Countercurrent Extraction Study for Removal of Actinides from MediumActive Alkaline Waste
RK Singh, D.D. Bajpai D.S. Divakar, Anil Kumar, H.N. Kapur, J. V. Sonawane
Application of Sequential Solvent Extraction Process for the Removal ofMajor Actinides from Acidic High Level Liquid Waste
GA. Chaugule, RK. Singh, P.B. Gurba, D.D. Bajpai, J.P. Shukla, M. Sundaresan
Effects of Recycling on Radiofytic Degradation of 30% TBP-N- Dodecane-HNO3System Part ILExtraction Behaviour of Plutonium
S.C. Tripathi, S. Sumathi, A. Ramanujam and M.S. Nagar
Degradation, Clean-up and Reusability of CMPO in HLW Treatment for thePartitioning of Minor Actinides
M.S. Nagar, P.B. Ruikar, M.V. Baiaramakrishna, M.S. Murali, J.N. Mathur,RH. Iyer, A.KBauri and A. Banerji
Purification and Recycle of Diluent Recovered From Alkaline Hydrolysis ofSpent Purex Solvent
C. Srinivas, KA. Venkatesh, P.K. Wattal and T.K. Theyyunni
Laboratory Studies on Restoring Solvent in Purex ProcessM. Venkatesan, T.N. Ravi, P. Govindan andV.R Raman
A Comparative Study on Dodecane Recovered by Alkaline Hydrolysis fromSpent Organic and Pure Dodecane
S.N. Thilak, N. Varadarajan, RK. Singh, D.D. Bajpai and B.L. Gupta
Synergistic Extraction of Dioxoplutonium with 1-Phenyl, 3-Methyl, 4-BenzoylPyrazolone-5(HPMBP) and BI-Dentate Neutral Donors (DBDECMP, DHDECMPand CMPO)
SA. Pai, K.V. Lohithakshan, P.D. Mithapara, S.K. Aggarwal, H.C. Jain
Studies on the Extraction of Pu(IV)°from Aqueous Carbonate Medium UsingHyamine-1622
Veena Sagar, S.M. Pawar, D.M. Noronha and C.K. Sivaramakrishnan
Purification of Americium from Plutonium Loading Effluents Using SolventExtraction and Extraction Chromatography Technique
K.M. Michael, S.C. Kapoor, A. Ramanujam, J.N.Mathur andRH. Iyer
Extraction Chromatographic Recovery of Americium From Acidic RaffinateSolutions Using CMPO Adsorbed on Chromosorb-102.
V.C. Adya, N.S. Hon, T.R Bangia, J.N. Mathur and RH. Iyer
Cttromatographic Studies of Uranium(VI) with Capric Add and itsfrom Thorium, Cerium and Zirconium
Vday Sankar Ray and Arup Bandyopadhyay
of Reversed-phase Partition Chromatography for Selective RemovalActinides from Medium Active Alkaline Wastes
RK. Singh, Anil Kumar and V.G. Katarni
CA-31 from Sulphate-bearing HLW Solutions Usingand Extraction Chromatographic Studies
P.S. Dhami,A. Ramanujam, M.V. Baiaramakrishna,Mathur, RH. Iyer, A.K. Bauri and A. Banerji
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CA-32 Application of Dicyclohexano-8-Crown-6 as Carrier in Liquid ImmobilizedMembranes for the Removal of Actinides from Low Level Waste Streams
Anil Kumar, RK. Singh and D.D. Bajpai and J.P.Shukla
CA-33 Studies on the Recovery of Plutonium from Hydrochloric Acid-Oxalic AcidSolutions Using Anion Exchange Method
D.R. Ghadse, D.M. Noronha, I.C. Pius and M.M. Charyulu
CA-34 Studies on Recovery of Uranium from Effluent Wastes of J-Rod CampaignUsing Tulsion A-23 And A-35 Resins
R V. Subba Rao, A. Chinnusamy, M. Venkatesan and V.R. Raman.
CA-35 Recovery of Uranium by Macroporous Bifunctional Phosphinic Acid Resin:Column Experiments
K.N. Sabharwal, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and M. Srinivasan
C A-36 Studies on Extraction of Uranium and Fission Products by MacroporousBifunctional Phosphinic Acid Resin
K.N. Sabharwal, P.RVasudeva Rao, M. Srinivasan ~
CA-37 Distribution Studies of Pu(IV) AndCe(ni) Ions on Various Cation Exchangers fromHNO3 Medium
C. Janardanan, P. V. Achuthan, A.Ramanujam, B.M Misra
CA-38 Ion Exchange Studies of Am3+, Cm3+, Pm3+ and Ce3+ Ions on Cation ExchangeResins from KSM17-Dodecane
P. Bindu, P:V. Achuthan, A. Ramanujam and J.N. Mathur
CA-39 Evaluation of Duolite S-861 Resin for the Removal of Dissolved TBP from AqueousPurex Process Streams (Part-II)
K.K. Gupta, George Thomas, P.G. Kulkarni, N. Varadarajan and RK. Singh
CA-40 Synthesis and Characterisation of Dioxouranium(VI) and Thorium(IV) Complexeswith 2(2'-Pyridyl) 1-Methyl Benzimidazole
RR Mohanty, K.C. Rout, S.Jena and K.C. Dash
CA-41 Uranium(TV) Complexes of Isonicotinic Acid HydrazonesT.R Goudar, K.B. Gudasi
CA-42 Dioxouranium(VI) Complexes with Benzimidazole and Benzoxazole Derivatives.P. S. Mansingh and K. C. Dash
CA-43 Dioxouranium (VI) Complexes of N4 - Substituted Aryl ThiosemicarbazonesDerived from 2,6- Diacetylpyridine
RamK. Agarwal, Douglas X. West andJAnice A. Ives
C A-44 Plutonium Reconversion Via Oxalate Route Development of a Multipurpose UnitM.K. Ahmed, G.K. Padmashali, P. Velavendan, V.R Raman, P.R Venugopal,K. V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj
CA-45 Aqueous Phase Complexation of Cm(in) and Cf(HI) with lonizable MacrocyclicLigands
V. K. Manchanda and P. K. Mohapatra
CA-46 Wet Recycling of Clean Rejected Mixed Oxide Scrap by Microwave Dissolutionand Denitration Route
G.K. Mallik, A.P. Karande, RK. Malav, V.K. Bhargava, H.S. Kamath andD.S.C. Purushotham
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CA-47 Reactions of New Binuclear Complexes of Dioxouranium(n) with AzoLigands 214... | MA. PujarandK. Siddappa
CA-48 Studies on Some Novel Bi- and Tri- Nuclear Dioxouranium(VI) Complexeswith Pyrazolone Based Schiff Bases 216
RC. Maurya
CA-49 Infrared Spectra of Uranyl Nitrate Hydrates 218A.K. Trikha
CA-50 Auto-Radiofytic Effects in ^ ' P u Doped K2Ca2(SO4)3 220T.K. Seshagiri, V. Natarajan and M.D. Sastry'
CA-51 High Temperature Chemistry ofRb2U4On-Rb2U4Oi2 System 222S.K. Sali, K. Jayanthi, VS. Iyer, S. Sampath and V. Venugopal
CA-52 Thermal Studies of Uranates of Strontium and Barium 224S.K. Sali, S. Sampath and V. Venugopal
CA-53 Carbon Potentials in Ternary Systems U-M-C (M = Mo, W, Cr) 226K. Ananthasivan, I. Kaliappan, S. Anthonysamy, V. Chandramouli,P.RVasudeva Rao and C.K.Mathews
CA-54 Preparation, X-ray and Thermal Studies on KsLaU(SO4)4, KsU(SO4)4 andK5Pu(SO4)4 228
K.D. Singh Mudher, K. Krishnan and P.N. Iyer
CA-55 Thermal and XRD Characterisation of (NH4)2ThF6 and NHiThFs 230M. K. Bhide, M. D. Sastry, N. D. Dahale, K. L. Chawla and V. Venugopal
CA-56 X-ray and Thermal Studies on Tl-U-Mo-O System 232N.D. Dahale, N.L Misra, K.LChawla and V. Venugopal
CA-57 Solid State Reactions of ThO2,UO2 with (NH4)2SO4,NH4NO3-(NH4)2SO4 andNH4HF2-(NH4)2SO4 and Dissolution Studies .~ 234
K.D. Singh Mudher, Meera Keskar and V. Venugopal
CA-58 Kinetics and Mechanism of Uranium-Cerium Mononitride Oxidation 236J. V. Dehadraya, S.K. Mukerjee, GA. RamaRao, V.N. Vaidya and V. Venugopal
C A-59 Kinetics and Mechanism of the Carbothermic Reduction of (UO2+CeO2+C)Gel Microspheres 238
J.S. Naik, J.V. Dehadraya, S.K. Mukerjee and V.N. Vaidya
C A-60 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of Uranium Monocarbide 240R Asuvathraman, S. Rajagopalan, K. Ananthasivan, C.K. MathewsandRM.Mallya
CA-61 The Fhixional Behaviour of Uranylthenoyltrifluoroacetonate -Benzyhnethylsutfoxide Adduct [UO2(TTA)2.PhCH2SOCH3]. ' ' 242
5. Kannan, V. Venugopal and D. D.Sood
CA-62 Estimation of Ionisation Potential of Plutonium Employing Thermal IonisationMass Spectrometry (TIMS) 244
K.L Ramakumar, SJeyakumar, RM. Rao, L. Gnanayyan, S.K. AggarwalandH.C. Jain
CA-63 Gibbs Free Energy of Formation of UCdn(s) 246GA. Rama Rao and V. Venugopal
CA-64 Large Scale Preparation of (UO3+C) Microspheres for Sol-gel MicrospheresPelletisation 248
5. Suryanarayana, N. Kumar, Y.R Bamankar, J. Radhakrishna, T.V.V. Rao,J.K. Joshi, V.R. Ganatra and V.N. Vaidya
CA-65 Clad-Coolant Interactions in Fast Reactors 250T. Gnanasekaran, R. Sridharan, V. Ganesan, G. Periaswami and C.K. Mathews
CA-66 Thermodynamic Studies of Ce-CeCb System in LiCl-KCl Eutectic 252H.N. Jena, Tom Mathews, T. Subramanian, K. Nagarajan, P.R. Vasudeva Raoand C.K.Mathews
CA-67 Thermodynamics of Cerium Stannide (CeSm) and Liquid Tin-Cerium Alloys 254Tom Mathews, H.N. Jena, T. Subramanian, P.R Vasudeva Raoand C.K. Mathews
CA-68 A Facility for me Development of Pyrochemical Processing Techniques forAdvanced Fuels - 256
T. Subramanian, H.N. Jena, B.Prabhakara Reddy, R Kandan, T. Vandarkuzhali,P. Venkatesh, M. Ganapathy, K. Nagarajan, G. Ravisankar, P.R Vasudeva Raoand C.K. Mathews
CA-69 Studies on Development of Cesium Trap for Fast Reactors 258P. Muralidaran, V. Ganesan, K. Chandran and G. Periaswami
CA-70 Study of the Thermal Conductivity of Selected Control Rod Materials forNuclear Reactors 260
M.V. Krishhaiah and P. Srirama Murti
CA-71 Measurement of Solubility of Cobalt in Liquid Sodium 262K. Sivasubramanian, D.S. Mitragotri andN.P. Bhat
CA-72 Post-Irradiation Studies on Maps Fuel 264M.P. Antony, G. Ravishankar, S. Subramanian, R. Manivannan,G. Panneerselvam and C.K. Mathews
CA-73 Dioctylbutyramide And Dioctylisobutyramide As Extractants for Uranium(VI)and Plutonium(IV) 266
G.M. Nair, G.R Mahajan and D. R Prabhu
CA-74 Incineration of Alpha-Active Solid Waste by Microwaves 268G.K. Mallik, V.K. Bhargava, H.S. Kamathand D.S.C. Purushotham
CA-75 Laser Induced Vapourisation Mass Spectrometry of UO2 270N. Sivakumar, M. Joseph, D. Darwin Albert Raj and C.K. Mathews
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
IA-1 Study of Donnan Equilibrium of Cs and Zn in Nafion Membrane 272H.S. Sodaye, A. Goswami, P.K. Pujari andS.B. Manohar
IA-2 Production and Radiochemical Separation of 105Rh 274P.R Unni, A.R. Mathakar, M. Subramanian andM.RA. Pillai
IA-3 Studies on the Production of Indium-111 for Medical Use at VEC, Calcutta 276S. Chattopadhyay, M.K. Das, B.R Sarkar and N. Ramamoorthy
IA-4 Study of Electrolyte Diffusion of ZnSO4 in Pure Aqueous Solution UsingTracer Technique 278
S.F. Patil, G.S. Jadhav
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IA-5 Radiotracer Technique in Adsorption Study: Part XIL Adsorption of Cd(II)and Hg(D) on Hydrous Metal Oxides 280
Shuddhodan P.Mishra, Dhanesh Tiwary, Diwakar Tiwari, Vinod K.Singh
IA-6 . Radiotracer Study of p-Benzoquinone-Iodine Molecular Complex 282S.P. Mishra and V. Upadhyaya
IA-7 Kinetics of Self Diffusion in Polystyrene Nuclear Grade Resin 284RS. Lokhande andM.N. Ingale
IA-8 Radiochemical Separation by Adsorption/Desorption Using an Isotopic ExchangeTechnique on a Preformed Precipitate. 286
P.P. Burte, A.G.C. Nair and S.B. Manohar
IA-9 Some Studies on the Distribution of Chromate Ion Between Benzene Solutionsof the Alky lammonium Salts and Aqueous Electrolytes 288
V.M.Rao,A.K.RajuandA.V.L.N.S.H.Hariharan
IA-10 Distribution of Transition Metal Ions in Methanosarcina Barkeri 290HJ. Arnikar, P. V. Pawar and S.B. Bhosale
IA-11 Residence Time Distribution Study in a Heat Exchanger 292V.N. Yelgaonkar, H.J. Pant, G.N. Mendhelcar
IA-12 Optimisation of a Kit for Labelling of Immunolobulin G with 99mTc forLocalisation of Inflammations 294
AmitaA. Bhelose, N. SivaprasadandD.V.S.Narasimhan
IA-13 Radioisotope Tracer Study in an Aniline Production Reactor 296HJ. Pant, V.N. Yelgoankar and G.N. Mendhelcar
IA-14 Radiotracer Studies on the Role of Root Exudates in Uptake of Cr(III) and Cdby Plants 299
Seema Mishra, Karuna Shanker, Sarika Sharma Atul Sarin, Shalini Srivastava,Rohit Srivastava, Sahab Das, M.M. Srivastava and Satya Prakash
IA-15 Concentration Dependance of Obstruction Effect in the Diffusion ofi+IonsinKClS.F. Patil and G.S. Jadhav
Zn2+IonsinKCl 301
CHEMISTRY OF FISSION AND ACTIVATION PRODUCTS
CFA-1 Potassium Cobalt(II) Hexacy anoferrate(n) as a Sorbent for Selective Removal ofRadiocesium from Reprocessing Wastes 303
S.K. Samanta and T.K. Theyyunni, B.M. Patil, G. Thomas, N. Varadarajanand D.D. Bajpai
CFA-2 Breakthrough and Elution Characteristics of Radiocesium in Resorcinol-formaldehyde Poly condensate Resin Columns 305
S.K. Samanta, M.K. Thomas and T.K. Theyyunni
CFA-3 Separation of Cesium from Other Fission Products Using ZrP-80-APW-20 307A. Dash and C. Mathew
CFA-4 Sorption of Cesium on Controlled Porous Glass 309Amor Kumar
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CFA-5 Sorption of Radiostrontium from Sodium Nitrate Solutions by Synthetic CalciumHydroxy apatite 311
KA. Venkatesan and S.K. Samanta
CFA-6 Removal of Strontium from Low Level Waste Using Zeolite 4A 313Savita Jain, M. Ramaswamy and T.K. Theyyunni
CFA-7 Recovery of Strontium from Nitric Acid Medium Using Dicyclohexano18-CROWN-6[1]. 315
P.K. Mohapatra, R Ramakrishnan and V.K. Manchanda
CFA-8 Separation of Carrier Free ^ Y from Purex High Active Waste Solutions UsingExtraction Chromatography 317
P.V. Achuthan, P.S. Dhami, V. Gopalakrishnan and A. Ramanujam
CFA-9 Studies on the Various Physico-Chemical Parameters of Strontium Extraction byDicyclohexano-18-CROWN-6 319
K.K. Gupta, P.V. Achuthan, A. Ramanujam, J.N. Mathur
CFA-10 Direct Extraction Chromatographic Separation of ' 47Pm from Purex HAW Solutions 321V. Gopalakrishnan, P.V. Achuthan, P.S. Dhami, R Kannan and A. Ramanujam
CFA-11 Ion Exchangers in Radioactive Waste Management Part IX Radiotracer Studieson Adsorption of Barium Ions on Strontium Titanate Powder 323
Shuddhodan P. Mishra, Vinod K. Singh, Diwakar Ttwari, Seema Upadhyay.
CFA-12 Efficient Removal of SnTI) from Aqueous Solutions by Magnesium Titanate :A Radiotracer Study 325
Shuddhodan P. Mishra, Dhanesh Tiwary, Seema Upadhyaya
CFA-13 LLX Separation of Carrier Free 47Sc,48V and 48>49>51Cr formed in a-ActivatedTitanium 327
N.R Das, Shobhandev Banerjee and Susanta Lahiri
RADIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
RA-1 Investigations on the Simultaneous Analysis of Uranium And Plutonium in Sampleswith U/Pu About One Employing Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometty (TIMS) 329
K.L. Ramakumar, S. Jeyakumar, L. Gnanayyan, S.K. Aggarwal and H.CJain
RA-2 An HPLC Based Method for the Burnup Measurements 331N. Sivaraman, K. Sundararajan, S. Subramaniam, V. Rajeswari, M.P. Antony,P.R Vasudeva Rao and C.K. Mathews.
RA-3 Determination of Uranium-233 in the Slag 333SA. CMtambar, P.S. Khodade,A.R Parab, S.K. Aggarwal and H.C. Jain
RA-4 Ion Source Chemistry During Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometty of U and Pu :Effect of Evaporation Filament Temperature 335
S.K. Aggarwal, M.K. Saxena, P.M. Shah, Sanjai Kumar, UshaJairamanand H.C. Jain
RA-5 Double Spike Methodology for Uranium Determination by Thermal Ionisation Mass
Spectrometry : Separation and Purification of 234U 337P.M. Shah, M.K. Saxena, Sanjai Kumar, S.K. Aggarwal and H.C. Jain
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RA-6 Laser Vaporization - A Novel Sampling Technique for the Introduction of OrganicSolutions into the ICP \ 339
S. Vijayalakshmi, R Krishna Prabhu, T. R Mahalingam, K. S. Viswanathanand C. K. Mathews
RA-7 Evaluation of an Electrochemical Method for Uranium Determination in Dissob/erSolution of Irradiated Fuel: Biamperometry Using Ti(IH) Reduction 341
P.R Nair, P.M. Shah, KA. Mathew, Mary Xavier, S.K. Aggarwal, H.C. Jain
RA-8 Potentiometric Determination of Plutonium in Dissolver Solution 343M.K. Ahmed, R Srinivasan, K. Jayaraman, S.R Koganti and V.R. Raman
RA-9 . Investigations on the Simultaneous Determination of Rare Earth Elements inU3O8 Employing Isotope Dilution Spark Source Mass Spectrometty (ID-SSMS) 345
V.A. Raman, K.L. Ramakumar, V.L. Sant, V.D. Kavimandan, S.K. Aggarwaland H.C. Jain
RA-10 Titrimettic Determination of Thorium with Pyridine 2-6-Dicarboxylic Acid 347S.V. Mohan, M. Venkatesan and V.R Raman
RA-11 Determination of Uranium in Microgram Range by Spectrophotometry 349A.U. BhanuandS. Vaidyanathan
RA-12 Study of Biases in Potentiometry and Coulometry Methods in the Analysis ofUranium Samples 351
M.B. Yadav, Hari Singh and S. Vaidyanathan
RA-13 Investigation of Fluorination Reaction Between Uranium Oxides and Ammonium
Bi-fluoride for Determination of IF+/UO|+ Ratio Using Photoacoustic Technique 353A.RDhobale, Mithleshkumar, A.G.Page andM.D.Sastry.
RA-14 A Ratio Derivative Specttophotomettic Method for the Simultaneous Determinationof Uranium And Plutonium 355
G.R Relan, A.N. Dubey and S. Vaidyanathan
RA-15 Photometric Estimation of Plutonium in Product Solutions and Acid WasteSolutions Using Flow Injection Analysis Technique 358
A.J.A. Dhas, G.R. Dharmapurikar, K. Kumaraguru, K. Vijayan, S.C. Kapoorand A. Ramanujam
RA-16 Specttophotomettic Determination of Plutonium in Tail End Plutonium NitrateProduct Solution of Purex Process as an Accountability Procedure 360
S.P. Dhakras, S.S. Pawar,A. Dakshinamoorthy, P.B. Gurba, S. Venkateswaran,RK Singh, D.D. Bajpai
RA-17 Photoacoustic Specttoscopic Studies of Plutonium Oxalates 362A.R Dhobale, M.K. Bhide and M.D. Sastry
RA-18 Specttophotomettic Determination of Uranium in Process Streams of a UraniumExtraction Plant 364
B.N. Murty, Y.V.S. Jagannath, RB. Yadav, C.K. Ramamurthy and%S. Syamsundar
RA-19 Rapid Determination of Free Nitric Acid in the Process Samples of Uranyl Nitrate 366A. Umamaheshwari, B.N. Murty, RB. Yadav, C.K. Ramamurty andS. Syamsundar
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RA-20 Determination of Hafnium in Organic Stream Samples by X-ray FluorescenceSpecttometric Technique Using a Selective Crystal 368
H.R. Ravindra, G. RadhaKrishna, V. VijayaLakshmi, B. Gopalan andS. Syamsundar.
RA-21 Determination of Ag and Rare Earths in UO2+PUO2 Samples by ICP-AES Technique 370Amrit Prakash, Neeta Save, Seema Ghosh, Deepa Raul, V.K. Bhargava,H.S. Kamaih, A.A. Argekar andA.G. Page
RA-22 A Rapid X-ray Specttometric Method for the Analysis of Zr in U3O8 Matrix 372N.L Misra, N.D. Dahale, K.L. Chawla and V. Venugopal
RA-23 Trace Metal Characterisation in Plutonium Nitrate Solution by SolventExtraction and ICP-AES 374
Mary Jacob, K. Radhakrishnan, P.S. Dhami, V.T. Kulkarni M.V. Joshi,A.B. Patwardhan, A. Ramanujam, and J.N. Mathur
RA-24 Radiochemical Separation of Silver From Plutonium and its Determination byICP-AES Method 376
MJ. Kulkarni A.A. Argekar, S.K. Thulasidas, A.G. Page andRH. Iyer
RA-25 On the Atomization of Cr,Cu and Mn from (U-Pu) Matrix in ETA-AAS. 378Neelam Goyal, Paru Purohit, A.G. Page and M.D. Sastry
RA-26 Trace Element Characterization of Indian Vegetarian Diet and its Constituentsby Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 380
Vivek K. N. Singh, A.N. Garg and P. P. Burte
RA-27 Determination of Concentration Levels of Various Elements in Some MedicinalPlants and Food Stuffs by INAA 383
N.S. Rajurkar, C.S. Thite andM.M. Damame
RA-28 Non-destructive Analysis of Ancient Coins from Mughal Emperors Using Cf-252Neutron Source 385
N.S. Rajurkar and B.D.Fulsoundar
RA-29 Evaluation of Heterogeneity in the Composite Rocket Propellant by NeutronActivation Analysis 387
V.G. Dedgaonkar, P.B. Navle, V.G. Ghorpade, P.G. Shrotri and H. Singh
RA-30 Study of Heavy Metal Toxic Pollutants in Sewage Sludges of Different Originsfrom Bombay City 389
V. VS. Ramakrishna, Ms.M.N. Ambulkar, A.N. Garg, P.P. Burte
RA-31 Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Rh in Rock Samples from Maharashtra 391T.M. Bahrainwala andZ.R Turel
RA-32 Multielemental Non-destructive Neutron Activation Analysis of Dy, Mn, Eu, Na,
Ga, W, La and Sm Involving Cyclic Irradiation with ^ C f 393S.S. Narkhede and Z.R. Turel
RA-33 Sequential Separation by Solvent Extraction and Radiochemical NeutronActivation Analysis of Ca, Cr and La in Biological Samples 395
H.F. Tharwani and Z.R Turel
RA-34 The Determination of Trace Elements by Charged Particle Activation Analysisusing Variable Energy Cyclotron (VEC) Beam 397
Sujit Pal and D.P. Chowdhury
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RA-35 Detection of Ge As Trace Contaminant in GaAs Through CPAA 399N.RDas, Maitreyee Nandy, D.Basu and Susanta Lahiri
RA-36 Estimation of Sulphur in Coal by Fast Neutron Activation 401G.C. Das and P. K. Bhattacharyya
RA-37 Determination of Trace Elements in Soil Samples from Cochin by INAA 403M.B. Pawar, PG.Dolas, G.H. Pandya
RA-38 Fluorescence Enhancement of Eu(III) by U(VI) in a Solid Benzoate Matrix 405B.S. Panigrahi and K.S. Viswanathan
RA-39 Mass Specttometric Characterisation of Boron Samples for IsotopeSeparation Studies 407
R Balasubramanian and B.K. Sharma
RA-40 Radiomettic Determination of Boron with Mandelic Acid and Labelled Zinc-1,10Phenanthroline. 409
N. Rajesh and M.S. Subramanian
RA-41 Analysis of Molasses Samples From Various Sugar Industries in MaharashtraUsing Cf-252 Neutron Source 411
N.S. Rajurkar andCS.Wagh
RADIOACTIVITY IN ENVIRONMENT
RE-1 Indoor Radon Measurements in Dwellings of Mizoram 413R Lalramengzami C. Laldawngliana, D. Sinha, S. Ghosh, A. Saxena,A. Srivastava and K.K. Dwivedi
RE-2 A Survey of Environmental Exposure Amongst Locoshed Workers byInstrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 415
Vivek K.N.Singh and A.N. Garg
RE-3 An Environmental Pollution Study of Toxic Elements in Marine Fish from EastCoast by Neutron Activation Analysis 417
M.N. Ambulkar, V.V.S. Ramakrishna and A.N. Garg
RE-4 Sequential Estimation of Ru-106, Cs-137 and Sr-90inLow Level Liquid Effluents 419D.S. Surya Narayana, M.V.R. Prasad, H. Krishnan, P.K. Sinha andRKJeevanram
RE-5 Intrinsic Sorption Potential of Al-substituted Calcium Silicate Hydroxy Hydratefor Cesium-137 421
O.P. Shrivastava, Taruna VermaandP.K. Wattal
RE-6 Separation of Cs from High Level Liquid Radioactive Waste on the EngineeringScale ' 423
RG. Yeotikar, T.P. Vakala and Kanwar Raj
RE-7 Immobilisation of Intermediate Level Alkafine Radioactive Liquid Waste inCement Matrix 426
U.S. Singh, AjaiMishra, RG. Yeotikarand Kanwar Raj
RE-8 Treatment of Alkaline Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste 429RG. Yeotikar, C.P. Kaushik, Gabriel Johnson and Kanwar Raj
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RE-9 Immobilisation of High Level Liquid Radioactive Waste Containing High UraniumContent in Glass : A Compatibility Study 431
M.S. Sonavane, RG. Yeotikar and Kanwar Raj
RE-10 Waste Immobilisation in Fluorite Matrix 434N.K. Kulkarni, S. Sampath and V. Venugopal
RE-11 Trace Element Characterization in Soil - A Case Study 436S.D. Wachasunder, G.H. Pandya, P.G. Dolas, M.B. PawarandS.S. Dhage.
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION
NI-1 On-line Gamma Ray Specttoscopy by Means of Thick Target Gev Energy ProtonIrradiations 438
Johannes Brueckner, ArchitaPatnaikand Heinrich Waenke
NI-2 A Rapid ND A Method (NWCC) for Determination of Pu Content in Mox Powders 441Pradeep Kumar, V.K. Bhargava, H.S: Kamath
NI-3 Assay of Plutonium Rich Streams Using the Neutron Collar 443R Kumar, K. Swaminathan, N.P. Seshadreesan and C.R Venkata Subramani
NI-4 A Modified On-line Alpha Monitor for Uranium Assay 445R Kumar, K. Swaminathan, N.P. Seshadreesan and C.R Venkata Subramani
NI-5 A Modified DC-ARC Chamber for Glove Box Adaptation 447Amrit Prakash, Neeta Save, Seema Ghosh, Deepa Raul, V.K Bhargava,H.S. Kamath
NI-6 Automation of the Sol-gel Plant for the Fabrication of Nuclear Fuels 449KM Vaidya, J.V. Dehadraya, J.Radhakrishna, S.K. Mukerjee, S.B. RajoreandS. VenMteswaran
NI-7 Design of Americhim-beryllium Neutron Source 451S. Sivakumar, C.P. Reddy andS.M. Lee
NI-8 A Mobile Unit to Prevent Air Activity Release to the Working EnvironmentDuring Glove Changing Operations 453
K Gopinathan and K. Somanathan
NI-9 An Automated Alpha Scanner for Estimating Plutonium Contamination Levelson FBTR Fuel Pin 455
D.G. Bagul, V.P. Sharma, K. V. Kamath, S. V. Benadikar and N.K. Karnani
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