Essex, R.
, Williams, R.
, Treinen, K.
, Hubert, A.
, Humphrey, M.
, Inglis, J.
, Kinman, W.
, Maassen, J.
, Penkin, M.
and Steiner, R.
(2021),
A Highly-enriched 244Pu Reference Material for Nuclear Safeguards and Nuclear Forensic Measurements, Journal of Radioanalytical Nuclear Chemistry, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07075-y, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=928756
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A Highly-enriched 244Pu Reference Material for Nuclear Safeguards and Nuclear Forensic Measurements
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, Ross W. Williams, Kerri C. Treinen, Amelie Hubert, Marc A. Humphrey, Jeremy D. Inglis, William S. Kinman, Joel Maassen, Maxim V. Penkin, Robert E. Steiner
Abstract
A highly-enriched 244Pu isotope dilution reference material has been prepared and characterized for metrologically traceable measurements of very small quantities of plutonium. The amount of plutonium in samples associated with nuclear safeguards and nuclear forensic measurements can be significantly less than 1 ng. Accordingly, the ability to quantify the amount and isotopic composition of plutonium from a single mass-spectrometric analysis is particularly desirable. The highly-enriched 244Pu reference material, described here, will minimize the magnitude of spike corrections necessary to obtain accurate information on plutonium isotopic composition from isotope dilution measurements.Citation
Journal of Radioanalytical Nuclear Chemistry
Volume
324
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Journals
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Keywords
plutonium, reference material, isotope dilution mass spectrometry, nuclear safeguards, nuclear forensics, traceabilityPu, traceability
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Created January 25, 2021, Updated June 24, 2021