Published 2013 | Version v1
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Development and Validation of Analytical Method for Determination of Uranium Enrichment in Standard Nuclear Material

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear and Radiation Control Authority, Cairo, (Egypt)
  • 2. Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia)

Description

A non-destructive analytical method has been developed for determination of uranium enrichment using hyper pure germanium (HPGe) gamma ray detector. The absolute efficiency was measured experimentally by different radioactive sources at different distances from the detector crystal. The variation of the absolute peak efficiency for 185.7 keV with source to detector distances has been determined and used to estimate the absolute peak efficiency for the nuclear material samples at 185 keV with the help of analytical method. The validity of the developed analytical method has been confirmed by measuring the 235U enrichment of uranium oxide powders (U3O8) contained in cylindrical aluminum cans

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Isotope and Radiation Research
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 267-273
ISSN
0021-1907

INIS

Country of Publication
Egypt
Country of Input or Organization
Egypt
INIS RN
45040396
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
CALIBRATION; COBALT 60; GAMMA 10 DEVICES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; URANIUM 235; VALIDATION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COBALT ISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TANDEM MIRRORS; TESTING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES