Development of a method to determine C-14 by liquid scintillation counting in water samples.

Identifier:  TFG:6572

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG6572

Authors:  Trullàs Estrem, Abril

Abstract:
The evaluation of environmental radioactivity is a great concern nowadays since the presence of natural and artificial radionuclides in different environmental samples can contribute to a risk if these radionuclides reach human beings. That is why environmental radioactivity laboratories, as URAIS, have developed methods sensitive enough to determine those radionuclides in several environmental matrices. The main motivation for the realization of this bachelor thesis is the lack of a C-14 method within URAIS working methods. That is why, this bachelor thesis’ main goal is to develop a method to determine C-14 in water samples using liquid scintillation counting (LSC) technique.