Tritium Speciation in Nuclear Reactor Bioshield Concrete and its

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Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 5476–5480

Tritium Speciation in Nuclear Reactor Bioshield Concrete and its Impact on Accurate Analysis Dae Ji Kim, Phillip E. Warwick, and Ian W. Croudace* GAU-Radioanalytical, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, U.K. Tritium (3H) is produced in nuclear reactors via several neutron-induced reactions [2H(n,γ)3H, 6Li(n,r)3H, 10 B(n, 2r)3H, 14N(n, 3H)12C, and ternary fission (fission yield