His research is performed to know the base data of tritium (HTO) radioactivity from surface soil in the P3TkN-BATAN area. Soil samples had been taken at the depth of 0 up to 20 cm at 22 locations. The soil sampels were separated from stone and waste. The water content in the soil sample was determined gravimetrically by drying up to weight constant at temperature of 110o C. The water content of 22 soil samples are 23% minimum, 33% maximum, and 30% average. To take the water from the soil samples, the soil samples were distilled at temperature of 40o C up to dryness. The distilate was counted by Liquid Scintillation Counter (LSC). According to ttest, the difference between the distilate count and background count of the LSC was not significant. This condition showed that the HTO radioactivity from surface soil in the area of the P3TkN-BATAN was relatively small.
Key words : tritium, soil, quantative analysis
Eem Rukmini, Dadang Basarah, Zulfakhri, Poppy I. Tjahaja
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknik Nuklir - BATAN
Key words : tritium, soil, quantative analysis
Eem Rukmini, Dadang Basarah, Zulfakhri, Poppy I. Tjahaja
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknik Nuklir - BATAN
