The simultaneous determination of 235U and 239Pu using delayed neutron activation analysis

R. Kapsimalis; D. Glasgow; B. Anderson; S. Landsberger

doi:10.1007/s10967-013-2745-y

The simultaneous determination of ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu using delayed neutron activation analysis

R. Kapsimalis, D. Glasgow, B. Anderson, S. Landsberger

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Abstract

Delayed neutron activation analysis (DNAA) remains one of the most sensitive methods of nondestructively determining fissile materials in a variety of sample matrices, provided that the samples contain only a single fissile component. This has historically been the limiting factor in many applications of DNAA, and often chemically destructive methods of analysis have needed to be utilized for many real-world samples. This work seeks to develop a method that will allow for DNAA to be utilized on samples containing multiple fissile components. Initial efforts, presented here, show that using a multivariate linear regression model to describe the delayed neutron emission profile of an irradiated sample allows for the concurrent determination of fissile nuclides in samples containing both ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu, without chemical separations and using only a single counting step.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1721-1726
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	298
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2745-y
State	Published - Dec 2013

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Acknowledgement This manuscript has been authored by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. 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.

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UT-Battelle LLC

Keywords

Delayed neutron activation analysis
Plutonium
Uranium

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