Rapid measurements of 235 U fission product isotope ratios using an online, high-pressure ion chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry protocol with comparison to isotopic depletion models

Emilie K. Fenske, Benjamin D. Roach, David C. Glasgow, Ralph H. Ilgner, Joseph M. Giaquinto

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Abstract

An automated online separation–direct analysis method, RAPID (rapid analysis of post-irradiation debris), has been developed for the measurement of the concentration and isotopic composition of over 40 elements down to the low-picogram level. Here we discuss the application of RAPID to irradiated highly-enriched uranium, demonstrating that it has the sensitivity required to achieve precise, low-level analyses of non-natural isotopes, even in the presence of a bulk uranium matrix. Isotopic ratios have been successfully measured at the low-picogram level, and the accuracy of these ratios was confirmed using an isotopic depletion and decay modeling software to within 1–2%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-163
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume320
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2019

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Acknowledgements This submission has been authored by a contractor of the U.S. Government under contract No. DE AC05-00OR22725. Accordingly, the U.S. Government retains a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for the U.S. Government purposes. This work was sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). This manuscript has been authored in part by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). This submission has been authored by a contractor of the U.S. Government under contract No. DE AC05-00OR22725. Accordingly, the U.S. Government retains a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for the U.S. Government purposes. This work was sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). This manuscript has been authored in part by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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U.S. Government
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U.S. Department of Energy
Defense Threat Reduction AgencyDE-AC05-00OR22725

    Keywords

    • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
    • Ion chromatography
    • Irradiation
    • Nuclear material
    • Rapid isotope analysis

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