Monte Carlo study of characteristics of uranium L-edge from X-ray absorption spectrometry

L-edge densitometry (LED) which is specially called X-ray Absorption Spectrometry (XAS) for uranium xray analysis is a technique of determination of uranium concentration as a continuous x-ray energy beams transmit a uranium liquid sample for safeguard. Compared to K-edge densitometer, since relatively lower energy of uranium L series energy than K series energy, L-edge densitometer does not require a liquid nitride cooling system. In this study, the simulation of uranium L-edge densitometer is performed using Monte Carlo method. Ledge spectrum, such as spectrum jumps, can be confirmed by the simulation. In further study, improvement of counting efficiency through collimation of x-ray, and shielding will be considered for detailed design of L-edge densitometer