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Stable Isotope Ratios as Tracers of Origin and Transformation of Uranium Oxides in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Oxygen and Molybdenum

Creators

  • 1. French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Geologie de Lyon ENS Lyon, CNRS and Universite Claude Bernard de Lyon, Villeurbanne (France)
  • 3. Insitut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Universite, Paris (France)

Description

The paper reviews the use of stable isotope ratios to trace the origin and transformation of uranium oxides in the fuel cycle, through the examination of the O and Mo isotopes. The rationale for using these isotopes is given first, then the analytical methods are described. The potential of these nuclear forensic tools is presented through applications to synthetic samples obtained in the laboratory in various conditions mimicking the industrial ones and to samples from the real world. (author)

Part of:
Nuclear Forensics: Beyond the Science. Summary of a Technical Meeting. Supplementary Files

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.iaea.org/publications/13648/nuclear-forensics-beyond-the-science?supplementary=74387; http://www.iaea.org/books;

Publishing Information

ISBN
978-92-0-100920-3
Imprint Title
Nuclear Forensics: Beyond the Science. Summary of a Technical Meeting. Supplementary Files
Imprint Pagination
132 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 53-54
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--1896(SUPPLEMENTARY FILES)

Conference

Title
Beyond the Science
Acronym
Technical Meeting on Nuclear Forensics
Dates
1-4 Apr 2019
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51035005
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FUEL CYCLE; ISOTOPE RATIO; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FORENSICS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXYGEN; STABLE ISOTOPES; URANIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRIME DETECTION; DETECTION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REFRACTORY METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS

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