Chaudhury S, Agarwal C, Patra S. Using the 90-105 keV gamma-rays for isotopic composition determination of plutonium in dilute solutions.
Appl Radiat Isot 2019;
145:148-153. [PMID:
30616220 DOI:
10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.12.030]
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Abstract
Using the 90-105 keV gamma-rays for determining Pu isotopic composition is studied for dilute Pu solutions (0.0001-0.05 μg/mm3) as well as Pu-U mixed solutions. It is shown that for concentrations higher than 0.001 μg/mm3 Pu, results match well with those of mass spectrometric results. However, in mixed solutions, beyond 0.005 mg/mm3 U concentration, the errors on isotopic compositions of Pu increased as U content increased.
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