TY - JOUR
T1 - Isotopic ratio correlation for the isotopic composition analysis of plutonium in Am-Pu mixed samples having High americium content
AU - Patra, Sabyasachi
AU - Agarwal, Chhavi
AU - Chaudhury, Sanhita
AU - Newton Nathaniel, T.
AU - Gathibandhe, M.
AU - Goswami, A.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - Interference of high amount of americium in the plutonium isotopic composition analysis has been studied by simulating gamma-ray spectra for Am-Pu samples over a wide composition range (5-97% 241Am) for both power and research reactor grade plutonium. An alternate way for isotopic composition analysis has been proposed by correlating the isotopic ratios available in our old database with the experimentally obtained 241Pu/239Pu isotopic ratio. The proposed method has been validated using simulated spectra of known isotopic compositions.
AB - Interference of high amount of americium in the plutonium isotopic composition analysis has been studied by simulating gamma-ray spectra for Am-Pu samples over a wide composition range (5-97% 241Am) for both power and research reactor grade plutonium. An alternate way for isotopic composition analysis has been proposed by correlating the isotopic ratios available in our old database with the experimentally obtained 241Pu/239Pu isotopic ratio. The proposed method has been validated using simulated spectra of known isotopic compositions.
KW - Isotopic composition analysis
KW - Isotopic ratio correlation
KW - Monte-Carlo simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878241886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23708833
AN - SCOPUS:84878241886
VL - 78
SP - 139
EP - 144
JO - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
SN - 0969-8043
ER -