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An overview of the existing instrument fleet of liquid scintillation (LS) spectrometers of both foreign and Russian production is presented. A comparative analysis of their design features and characteristics was carried out. The current situation with spare parts of equipment and consumables for LC analysis was studied. A review of software for processing the results of liquid scintillation measurements was carried out. The areas of application and prospects of LC spectrometry are described.
liquid scintillation spectrometry, scintillation cocktail, quenching, radionuclide analysis, screening, monitoring
1. S.V. Malinovsky, I.A. Kashirin, A.I. Ermakov, S.V. Belanov, A.I. Sobolev, V.A. Tikhomirov. Mathematical Aspects of Decoding Complex Spectra Applied to LSC. – In: LSC 2001, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry. Proc. of Intern. Conf., Karlsruhe, Germany, May 7–11, 2001, p. 127-135.
2. S.V. Malinovsky, I.A. Kashirin, A.I. Ermakov, A.I. Sobolev, L.L. Kaihola, A.A. Fedotov., V.A. Tikhomirov. New Software for Analyzing Complex Spectra Obtained with Ultra Low Level Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer «Quantulus». – In: LSC 2001, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry. Proc. of Intern. Conf., Karlsruhe, Germany, May 7–11, 2001.
3. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Belanov S.V., Sobolev A.I., Tihomirov V.A. Universal'nyy programmnyy kompleks sbora i obrabotki spektrometricheskoy informacii. VII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», 20–24 noyabrya 2000 g., g. Obninsk: izd. GCIPK. S. 159-170.
4. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Sobolev A.I., Tihomirov V.A. Spektrometricheskoe universal'noe programmnoe obespechenie «RadSpectraDec». XI ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2004, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2005.
5. Dorin A.B., Arsaev M.I., Kashirin I.A., Malinovskiy S.V., Sobolev A.I. , Tihomirov V.A. «Rezul'taty testirovaniya zhidkostnogo scintillyacionnogo spektrometra SKS-07P s programmnym obespecheniem RadSpectraDec». VIII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2001, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK. S. 153-159.
6. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Fedotov A.A., Sobolev A.I., Tihomirov V.A. Primenenie programmno-apparatnogo kompleksa SpectraDec/Quantulus dlya opredeleniya radionuklidnogo sostava prob. VII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2000, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK. S. 170-176.
7. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Belanov S.V., Ermakov A.I., Sobolev A.I., Tihomirov V.A. Ispol'zovanie programmnogo kompleksa razdeleniya spektrov al'fa/beta izluchayuschih nuklidov na seriynyh spektrometrah. VII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», 20–24 noyabrya 2000, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK. S. 176-183.
8. S.V. Malinovsky, V.Y. Zubov, A.I. Ermakov, I.A. Kashirin, V.A. Tihomirov, A.I. Sobolev. Processing of Complex Alpha Spectra Measured Using LSC, PIPS and other Spectrometers. LSC 2005, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, RADIOCARBON, pp. 79-88. 2006.
9. Kashirin I.A., Malinovskiy S.V., Ermakov A.I., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Formirovanie bibliotek model'nyh spektrov zhidkoscintillyacionnyh spektrometrov. XIV ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2007, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2008.
10. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Modifikaciya biblioteki model'nyh spektrov ZhSS TriCarb-2550 dlya ispol'zovaniya na TriCarb-3100. XV ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2008, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2009.
11. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Sozdanie ob'edinennoy biblioteki spektrov ZhSC TriCarb. XVI ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2009, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2010.
12. Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Tihomirov V.A. Novye aspekty sozdaniya ob'edinennoy bazy zhidkoscintillyacionnyh spektrov. XVIII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2011, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2012.
13. Malinovskiy S.V., Ermakov A.I., Kashirin I.A., Sobolev A.I., Tihomirov V.A. Prakticheskoe primenenie zhidkoscintillyacionnoy spektrometrii. XI ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», 25-29 noyabrya, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2003. Ch.2. S. 103-114.
14. Kashirin I.A., Malinovskiy S.V., Ermakov A.I., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Ekspress-analiz prirodnyh i tehnologicheskih ob'ektov pri provedenii radiacionnogo monitoringa i kontrolya s ispol'zovaniem zhidkoscintillyacionnoy spektrometrii. XV ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2008, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2009.
15. A.I. Ermakov, S.V. Malinovsky, I.A. Kashirin, A.I. Sobolev, V.B. Rybalka, V.V. Serbinovich., V.A. Tikhomirov. Environmental Analysis Using Novel Separation Techniques and Spectrometers Based on Low-Background LS Counter. LSC-2001, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, RADIOCARBON, 2002, pp. 405-414.
16. A.I. Ermakov, S.V. Malinovsky, I.A. Kashirin, V.A. Tikhomirov, A.I. Sobolev. Rapid Analysis of Radionuclide Composition (Screening) of Liquid Samples via Deconvolution of their LS Spectra. LSC Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, RADIOCARBON, pp. 89-98, 2005.
17. Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Malinovsky S.V., Belanov S.V., Sapozhnikov Yu.A., Efimov K.M., Tikhomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Liquid scintillation determination of low level components in complex mixtures of radionuclides, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 53, pp. 303-308, 2000.
18. Ermakov A.I., Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Osobennosti primeneniya metoda izotopnogo razbavleniya v ZhSS-analize. XII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2005, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2006.
19. A.I. Ermakov, S.V. Malinovsky, I.A. Kashirin, V.A. Tikhomirov, A.I. Sobolev. Peculiarities of Using Isotopic Dilution in LS Spectrometry. LSC 2005, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, RADIOCARBON, pp. 59-68, 2006.
20. I.A. Kashirin, A.I Ermakov, S V Malinovsky, V Yu Zubov, V A Tikhomirov, A I Sobolev. 2006. Application of Liquid-Liquid Extraction and RadSpectraDec Software in LS α Spectrometry. LSC 2005, Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, RADIOCARBON, pp. 69-78.
21. Cherevatova A.N., Ermakov A.I., Malinovskiy S.V. Ekspress-issledovanie radiologicheskih pokazateley pit'evoy vody metodom zhidkoscintillyacionnoy spektrometriey. Pervyy opyt. XV ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2008, g. Obninsk, Izd. GCIPK, 2009.
22. Ermakov A.I., Kashirin I.A., Malinovskiy S.V., Aleshin D.V., Sobolev A.I. Metodicheskoe obespechenie kontrolya soderzhaniya radionuklidov s ispol'zovaniem scintillyacionnyh metodov. X ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», 24‑28 noyabrya, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2004.
23. Malinovskiy S.V., Ermakov A.I., Kashirin I.A., Tihomirov V.A. Prikladnaya zhidkoscintillyacionnaya spektrometriya. XX let – ot prostogo radiometra k polnocennomu spektrometru. XX ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2014.
24. Celischev I.V., Kormilicyn M.V.,i dr. (FGUP «GNC RF NIIAR»), Kashirin I.A., Malinovskiy S.V. (MosNPO «Radon»). Issledovanie radionuklidnogo sostava tehnologicheskih produktov pri pererabotke obluchennogo yadernogo topliva. XII ezhegodnyy seminar «Spektrometricheskiy analiz. Apparatura i obrabotka dannyh na PEVM», noyabr' 2005, Obninsk: izd. GCIPK, 2006.
25. Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Malinovskiy S.V., Belanov S.V., Egorova M.E., Efimov K.M., Tihomirov V.A., Sobolev A.I. Zhidkoscintillyacionnaya spektrometriya. I. Opredelenie sostava slozhnyh radionuklidnyh smesey s pomosch'yu razrabotannogo spektrometra na osnove zhidkoscintillyacionnogo schetchika//Radiohimiya. 2000. T. 42. №4 S. 377-383.
26. Ermakov A.I., Malinovskiy S.V., Kashirin I.A. i dr. Zhidkoscintillyacionnaya b-a-spektrometriya //Atomnaya energiya. 2002. T. 92, vyp. 1. S. 68-75.
27. I.A. Kashirin, A.I. Ermakov, S.V. Malinovskiy. From the Routine Counter to the Real Spectrometer. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003, pp. 174-184.
28. Kashirin I.A., Ermakov A.I., Malinovskiy S.V. i dr. Primenenie ekstragentov v zhidkoscintillyacionnoy aspektrometrii//Atomnaya energiya. 2003. T. 95. Vyp. 4. S. 305-312.