UO2 Particle Standards: Synthesis, Purification & Planchet Preparation
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
The IAEA has previously indicated its desire for reliable provision of suitable reference materials in support of environmental sample analysis and sustained advancement at the Department of Safeguards, as laid out in the Long Term R&D plan (LTRD 10.1 & 10.2). In a recent meeting between NPAC, the IAEA and PNNL, this pressing need was directly outlined by the IAEA as having two main objectives. The first pertains to current operations, such as instrument calibrations and evaluation of bias across the Network of Analytical Laboratories and requires particles on the order of 300-500 nm in diameter. The second need for particle reference material would directly support the IAEA’s ongoing R&D efforts and calls for smaller particles ranging from 50 -100 nm in size. As such, the IAEA has expressed a great deal of interest in the newly established synthesis capabilities at PNNL, initially cultivated through a PNNL LDRD project to address the particle-standards shortcomings for uranium oxide material. The joint meeting concluded with a request by the IAEA for 1-2 planchet samples containing PNNL’s UO2 particulate material, to be delivered in the near-term. This report outlines the steps taken to meet that request and includes some basic characteristics of the samples sent to the IAEA.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1328843
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-25271; DN4001030
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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