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A simple spectrofluorimetric method is reported for the estimation of uranium (U) in nitric acid using 0.4 M H2SO4 as an enhancing reagent. The intensity of fluorescence peak of U at 512 nm with excitation at 414 nm shows linearity over 150–6000 µg/mL. Standard addition method is applied to arrive at the estimates of U in simulated dissolver and high active liquid waste solution of nuclear reprocessing plant. The estimate value of U for the sample with high content of other ions is found to be more accurate than the value measured by Davies-Gray method.
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Authors would like to thank Mrs. R. Gangadevi, Fuel Chemistry Division, MC&MFCG, IGCAR for analysis of uranium samples by DG method.
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Maji, S., Kumar, S. & Sundararajan, K. A simple spectrofluorimetric method to estimate uranium: application to nuclear reprocessing solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 329, 1061–1066 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07829-2
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