Published February 23, 2015 | Version v1
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Q-Spectroscopy

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Description

A new tool for rapid single-particle analysis in safeguards is described. This quantitative analysis tool has advantages over conventional methods for isotopic analysis of actinide-bearing samples. The method can be used to determine chemical age via 241Am/241Pu ''atomic clock''.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1170700/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
25 p.
Report number
LA-UR--15-21340

Conference

Title
Nuclear weapons and material security portfolio review
Acronym
WMS 2015
Dates
17-19 Feb 2015
Place
Livermore, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
47006527
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AGE ESTIMATION; AMERICIUM 241; DETECTION; ISOTOPE RATIO; PLUTONIUM 241; SAFEGUARDS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC52-06NA25396
Notes
PowerPoint presentation
Funding organization
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1170700