Development of lCP-AES and LIBS techniques adapted to lead minicell and glove box facilities respectively for the radioactive sample analysis

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) are state of art tools for the analysis of elemental composition. This article reports setting up of ICP-AES and LIBS systems in the mini cell and glove box facility in the Radiochemistry Lab (RCL) in IGCAR with an aim to analyze the elemental concentration of high level liquid waste (HLLW). Raffinate generated during the extraction of uranium and plutonium from the spent nuclear fuel-dissolver solution, known as high active waste (HAW) and the concentrated raffinate is named as high-level liquid waste (HLLW). The liquid waste emits high energy gamma rays which necessitate manipulation behind sufficiently thick radioactive shields