Author: David Conrad CampPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear fuels
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Nondestructive Energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Product-stream Concentrations from Reprocessed LWR Fuels
Author: David Conrad CampPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear fuels
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Nondestructive Energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Product-stream Concentrations from Reprocessed LWR Fuels
Author: David Conrad CampPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear fuels
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Nondestructive, Energy-dispersive, X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Product Stream Concentrations from Reprocessed Nuclear Fuels
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis (XRFA) can be used to measure nondestructively pure and mixed U/Pu concentrations in process streams and hold tank solutions. The 122-keV gamma ray from 57Co excites the actinide K x rays which are detected by a HPGe detector. A computer- and disk-based analyzer system provides capability for making on-stream analyses, and the noninvasive measurement is easily adapted directly to appropriate sized pipes used in a chemical reprocessing plant. Measurement times depend on concentration and purpose but vary from 100 to 500s for process control of strong to weak solutions. Accountability measurements require better accuracy thus more time; and for solutions containing plutonium, require a measurement of the solution radioactivity made with an automatic shutter that eclipses the two exciting sources. Plutonium isotopic abundances can also be obtained. Concentrations in single or dual element solutions from less than 1 g/l to over 200 g/l are determined to an accuracy of 0.2% after calibration of the system. For mixed solutions the unknown ratio of U to Pu is linearly related to the net U/Pu K x-ray intensities. Concentration values for ratios different than the calibration ratio require only small corrections to the values derived from a calibration polynomial. Minor fission product contamination does not prevent concentration determinations by XRFA. The computer-based system also allows real-time dynamic concentration measurements to be made.
Nondestructive, Energy-dispersive, X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Actinide Stream Concentrations from Reprocessed Nuclear Fuels
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In one plan for reprocessing LWR spent fuel, after separation from fission products and transplutonics, part of the U and all of the Pu in a nitrate solution will form a coprocessed stream which is then evaporated and sent to a hold tank for accounting. The remaining U fraction will be purified and sent to a separate storage tank. These two streams can be monitored using x-ray fluorescence analysis. This report discusses equipment, spectra, cell calibration, and dynamic concentration measurements. 7 figures. (DLC).
NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Measurement Technology for Safeguards and Materials Control
Author: Thomas R. CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Material accountability
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Measurement technology for safeguards and materials control
Author: American Nuclear SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Material accountability
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Advances in X-Ray Analysis
Author: Charles S. BarrettPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9780306419393
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The 33rd Annual Denver Conference on Applications of X-Ray Analysis was held July 30-August 3. 1984. on the campus of the University of Denver. Following the recent tradition of alternating plenary lecture topics between X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence at the confer ence. the plenary sessions dealt with topics of X-ray fluorescence. Prof. H. Aiginger presented a plenary lect~re on TOTAL REFLECTANCE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY which admirably described this relatively new technique. J. C. Russ discussed XRF AND OTHER SURFACE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES which gave an excellent overview of the role XRF plays in a modern analytical laboratory. J. E. Taggart. Jr. described THE ROLE OF XRF IN A MODERN GEOCHEMICAL LABORATORY and presented many case histories of the configura tion of analytical equipment in several geochemical laboratories. The plenary lectures demonstrated both the dynamic nature of research in X-ray fluorescence. and the important role X-ray spectrom etry plays in the arsenal of analytical methods found in modern labora tories. Total reflectance X-ray spectrometry takes advantage of con sideration of the geometry of the X-ray optics. Potentially. new sample types may be considered as X-ray fluorescence specimens using this technique.
Transmission-corrected X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Uranium and Plutonium Solutions Using a Dual Transmission Source
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis (XRFA) technique has been implemented at several spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities for nondestructive measurements of uranium and/or plutonium concentrations in process streams and product storage tanks. An important factor in these quantitative measurements is the absorption of the fluoresced x-rays by the solution matrix, which must be taken into account to accurately quantify the U or Pu concentrations. We describe a new, accurate method using a dual transmission source of Gd-153 and Co-57 to correct for matrix effects. Results of measurements on uranium and plutonium solution standards show the methodology to be better than 0.5%, which includes statistical precision, over the concentration range from 1 to 250 g/l. 5 refs., 4 figs., 3 tabs.