Uranium assay and trace element analysis of the fourth collaborative material exercise samples by the modified Davies-Gray method and the ICP-MS/OES techniques
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

An international group of laboratories participating in CMX-4 subjected three samples to comparative nuclear forensic analysis using uranium assay and trace element analysis techniques to determine if the samples had similar or different origins. Uranium assay indicated that two pellet samples (ES-2 and ES-3) were nearly pure UO 2 while the black powder sample ES-1 was primarily UO 2 with UO 3 and/or U 3 O 8 forms present as impurities. Trace element analysis by five of the six participating laboratories reported molybdenum concentrations below 10 µg/g U in all of the exercise samples, suggesting the same likely facility of origin for all three samples.

Nuclear forensics

Uranium assay

Impurities

Davies-Gray

ICP-MS

Trace element analysis

Författare

Aubrey N. Nelwamondo

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)

Lisa P. Colletti

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Rachel E. Lindvall

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Anna Vesterlund

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

Ning Xu

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Angela H.J. Tan

DSO National Laboratories

Gary R. Eppich

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Victoria D. Genetti

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Banyana L. Kokwane

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)

Petra Lagerkvist

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

Boon Kin Pong

DSO National Laboratories

Henrik Ramebäck

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Lav Tandon

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Gert Rasmussen

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

Zsolt Varga

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

Maria Wallenius

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

0236-5731 (ISSN) 1588-2780 (eISSN)

Vol. 315 2 379-394

Ämneskategorier

Klinisk laboratoriemedicin

Studier av enskilda språk

Geokemi

DOI

10.1007/s10967-018-5708-5

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