Fission product analysis of HEU irradiated within a boron carbide capsule: comparison of detection methodology at PNNL and AWE

Seiner, Brienne N.; King, Andy R.; Finn, Erin C.; Greenwood, Lawrence R.; Metz, Lori A.; Friese, Judah I.; Marsden, Olivia J.; Davies, A. V.; Scivier, Philip

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4395-8

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“…Previous efforts have developed methods to isolate and measure fission products of interest; however, isotopes with poor decay structure (i.e., short half-life, low branching ratio gamma emissions) have proven to be challenging [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Among these challenging isotopes are multiple REEs, including 91 Y, 144 Ce, 153 Sm, 155 Eu, 156 Eu, and 161 Tb.…”

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Separation of Lanthanide Isotopes from Mixed Fission Product Samples

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The measurement of radioactive fission products from nuclear events has important implications for nuclear data production, environmental monitoring, and nuclear forensics. In a previous paper, the authors reported the optimization of an intra-group lanthanide separation using LN extraction resin from Eichrom Technologies®, Inc. and a nitric acid gradient. In this work, the method was demonstrated for the separation and quantification of multiple short-lived fission product lanthanide isotopes from a fission product sample produced from the thermal irradiation of highly enriched uranium. The separations were performed in parallel in quadruplicate with reproducible results and high decontamination factors for 153Sm, 156Eu, and 161Tb. Based on the results obtained here, the fission yields for 144Ce, 153Sm, 156Eu, and 161Tb are consistent with published fission yields. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of the separations for the intended application of short-lived lanthanide fission product analysis requiring high decontamination factors.

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