Non-destructive determination of uranium and plutonium in annular (U, Pu)O2 mixed oxide sintered pellets by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

A review of laboratory, commercially available, and facility based wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers

“…Pandey et al 54,55 determined the Th and U composition in thorium-based ThO 2 -UO 2 mixed-oxide fuel using a benchtop sequential WD-XRF SuperMini spectrometer (Rigaku Corporation, Japan). The instrument was equipped with a low power 200 W Pd tube, which had a maximum voltage of 50 kV, 3 different collimators, 3 analyzer crystals and a FPC and SC detector.…”