دورية أكاديمية
A new method for quantifying 64 Cu in nuclear debris samples.
| العنوان: | A new method for quantifying 64 Cu in nuclear debris samples. |
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| المؤلفون: | Wren MS; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Weberg AB; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA. Electronic address: aweberg@lanl.gov., Salazar AA; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Klosterman MR; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Eaton SJ; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Goehring TL; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Herman SM; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99352, USA., Pierson BD; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99352, USA., Warzecha EJ; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99352, USA., Dale GE; Accelerator Operations and Technology (AOT-DO), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop H-851, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Fotiades N; Accelerator Operations and Technology (AOT-DO), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop H-851, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., May I; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA., Hanson SK; Nuclear and Radiochemistry (C-NR), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J-514, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA. Electronic address: skhanson@lanl.gov. |
| المصدر: | Talanta [Talanta] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 275, pp. 126140. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 22. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 2984816R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-3573 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00399140 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Talanta Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE; MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier Original Publication: Oxford : Pergamon Press |
| مستخلص: | Quantifying 64 Cu in post-detonation nuclear debris samples can provide important diagnostic information regarding the structural materials used within a nuclear device. However, this task is challenging due to the weak gamma emissions associated with the decay of 64 Cu, its short half-life (12.701 h), and the presence of interfering fission product radioisotopes. Large quantities of debris sample are generally needed to accurately quantify 64 Cu, which can be problematic in sample-limited scenarios where other radiometric analyses are required. Herein, we present a new method for the separation of 64 Cu from solutions of mixed fission products and demonstrate the quantification of its activity through use of gas-flow proportional beta counting. The new method was validated through a series of rigorous tests and was shown to improve the detection limit of 64 Cu by over two orders of magnitude, from 2.5 × 10 6 to 1.3 × 10 4 atoms/sample for 100 min measurements. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (Published by Elsevier B.V.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Beta counting; Copper-64; Nuclear forensics; Separation |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240508 Latest Revision: 20240529 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240529 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126140 |
| PMID: | 38718535 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1873-3573 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126140 |