Using the 90–105 keV gamma-rays for isotopic composition determination of plutonium in dilute solutions

Sanhita Chaudhury; Chhavi Agarwal; Sabyasachi Patra

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.030

Using the 90–105 keV gamma-rays for isotopic composition determination of plutonium in dilute solutions

Sanhita Chaudhury, Chhavi Agarwal, Sabyasachi Patra

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Abstract

Using the 90–105 keV gamma-rays for determining Pu isotopic composition is studied for dilute Pu solutions (0.0001–0.05 μg/mm ³ ) as well as Pu-U mixed solutions. It is shown that for concentrations higher than 0.001 μg/mm ³ Pu, results match well with those of mass spectrometric results. However, in mixed solutions, beyond 0.005 mg/mm ³ U concentration, the errors on isotopic compositions of Pu increased as U content increased.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148-153
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.030
State	Published - 1 Mar 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Gamma spectrometry
Pu isotopic composition
Response function analysis

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Radiation

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Using the 90–105 keV gamma-rays for isotopic composition determination of plutonium in dilute solutions

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