Published 2003 | Version v1
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Alpha-spectrometric determination of uranium, plutonium, americium and curium isotope content in 'hot' particles and irradiated nuclear fuel

  • 1. Mezhotraslevoj nauchno-tekhnicheskij tsentr 'Ukrytie', Chernobyl' (Ukraine)

Description

A method for express determination of 234-238U, 238-242Pu, 241-243Am and 242-244Cm content in fuel 'hot' particles and spent nuclear fuel is offered. The method is based on precision measurement of a sample α activity followed by estimate of relative contributions of individual nuclides, or groups of radionuclides, to total activity. Segregation in separate fractions of uranium, plutonium, americium and curium was made with the help of ion-exchange chromatography. Results are presented of 234U, 238U, 238Pu,239+240Pu, 241Pu, 242Pu, 241Am, 242mAm, 243Am 242Cm and 244Cm definition in 'hot' particles sampled in Chernobyl NPP surroundings, Opportunities to apply this method for identifying radionuclide content of spent nuclear fuel are discussed

Part of:
Problems of Chernobyl

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Альфа-спектрометрическое определение изотопного состава урана, плутония, америция и кюрия в 'горячих' частицах и облученном ядерном топливе

Publishing Information

Imprint Place
Chornobil' (Ukraine)
Imprint Title
Problems Chernobyl
Imprint Pagination
172 p.
Journal Issue
no.13
Series
Naukovo-tekhnyichnij zbyirnik
Journal Page Range
p. 47-56
ISSN
1727-3390
Report number
INIS-UA--088

INIS

Country of Publication
Ukraine
Country of Input or Organization
Ukraine
INIS RN
35050411
Subject category
S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; AMERICIUM 241; AMERICIUM 242; AMERICIUM 243; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTAMINATION; CURIUM 242; CURIUM 243; CURIUM 244; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; FUEL PARTICLES; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; PLUTONIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 242; PLUTONIUM 243; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 236; URANIUM 237; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CURIUM ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FALLOUT; FUELS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MAGNESIUM 28 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WASTES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Imprint:Problemi Chornobilya