Determination of Activity and Number of Atoms of the Long-lived Fission Product Nuclide ¹²⁶Sn by γ-Ray Spectrometry

By using HPGe γ-ray spectrometry, the activity of the long-lived fission product ¹²⁶Sn was measured. The number of ¹²⁶Sn atoms and the isotopic abundance of 126Sn/Sn were calculated based on the half-life value of 2.35×10⁵ a. The result of the isotopic abundance, (1.037±0.044)×10^－8, is consistent with the results measured by the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) within uncertainty limits, that confirms our procedures in the measurement of ¹²⁶Sn by AMS and lays a foundation for the AMS measurement of ¹²⁶Sn at much lower levels.