In the present work, we focused on determination of some important activation products like 238 Pu, 239 Pu/ 240 Pu, 241 Am, and 237 Np, and 90 Sr as a fission product in spent ion exchange resins. The activation products of interest are alpha emitters, while 90 Sr is a beta emitter. Radioactive solutions of 241 Am, 238 Pu, 237 Np, and 90 Sr and pure ion exchange resins were used to prepare artificial samples which were subsequently subjected to an analytical procedure. This consisted of wet destruction of the resins with Fenton's reagent followed by separations using ion exchange. The activities found showed good agreement with calculated values and yields were also very good (above 50%). We also analysed five samples of spent ion exchange resin from the TRIGA Mark II research reactor. Activities of selected radionuclides were below expectations in all samples except in sample 1, which had higher activities of 90 Sr, 137 Cs, 60 Co, 152 Eu, and 154 Eu. Total beta/gamma activity did not exceed the max. permitted level for low level waste.
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