Integrated Study of Solid Uranium-Containing Materials for the Purposes of Nuclear Forensics

Abstract

An optimal algorithm is presented for studying unknown samples of solid uranium-containing materials and obtaining the maximum possible information about their similarities and differences, about their production technology and a possible source of origin for the purposes of nuclear forensics. The results of the study of physical characteristics, isotopic, elemental and phase composition, morphology and other parameters of material samples obtained by the Laboratory in the course of participation in the international experiment CMX5 (Collaborative Materials Exercise 5), organized by the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group, are analyzed.