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New reference materials for trace-levels of actinide elements in plutonium

Published:2021-11-12 Issue:1 Volume:110 Page:9-22
ISSN:0033-8230
Container-title:Radiochimica Acta
language:en
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Author:

Essex Richard M.¹,Tandon Lav²,Gaffney Amy³,Hexel Cole R.⁴,Bostick Debbie A.⁴,Colletti Lisa M.²,Decker Diana L.²,Finstad Casey C.²,Giaquinto Joe M.⁴,Lujan Elmer²,Partridge John D.⁴,Roach Benjamin D.³,Rolinson John³,Samperton Kyle³,Slemmons Alice K.²,Spencer Khalil J.²,Stanley Floyd E.³,Townsend Lisa E.²,Treinen Kerri C.³,Williams Ross W.³,Worley Christopher G.²,Xu Ning²

Affiliation:

1. National Institute of Standards and Technology , 100 Bureau Drive , Mail Stop 8462 , Gaithersburg , MD 20899 , USA

2. Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , NM 87545 , USA

3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , P.O. Box 808, L-231 , Livermore , CA 94551-0808 , USA

4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division , 1 Bethel Valley Road , Oak Ridge , TN 37830 , USA

Abstract

Abstract Two plutonium oxides were prepared as unique reference materials for measurement of actinide elements present as trace constituents. Each reference material unit is approximately 200 mg of PuO2 powder in a quartz glass bottle. Characterized attributes of the oxides included mass fractions of plutonium, americium, neptunium, and uranium. Isotope-amount ratios were also determined for plutonium and uranium, but neptunium and americium were observed to be monoisotopic 237Np and 241Am. Measurements for characterization and verification of the attributes show that plutonium and trace actinides are homogeneous with the exception of limited heterogeneity for uranium, primarily observed for the 238U isotope. Model purification ages calculated from measured americium and uranium attribute values are consistent with material histories and indicate that these impurities are predominantly due to the decay of plutonium isotopes.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ract-2021-1095/pdf

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