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Title: Characterization of high-fired PuO/sub 2/ as a certified reference material

Abstract

The New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), U.S. Department of Energy, has certified a plutonium dioxide reference material, CRM 122, for plutonium assay and isotopic composition. The PuO/sub 2/ standard, one of several certified Pu reference materials currently being developed at NBL for use in instrumentation calibration and measurement control for safeguards, establishes traceability to the national measurement base. This plutonium reference material in the oxide form provides more directly demonstrable traceability than metal because it undergoes the same chemical treatment for dissolution as PuO/sub 2/ fuel materials. Various tests for achieving a constant weight and for dissolving CRM 122 high-fired PuO/sub 2/ were conducted. Results of these tests as well as the certification data generated by controlled-potential coulometry for plutonium assay and by thermal ionization mass spectrometry for isotopic composition will also be presented and discussed.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
U.S. Department of Energy, New Brunswick Laboratory, Argonne, IL
OSTI Identifier:
6318283
Report Number(s):
CONF-840734-
Journal ID: CODEN: NUMMB
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Conference: 25. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Columbus, OH, USA, 15 Jul 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUTONIUM; ISOTOPE RATIO; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; CALIBRATION; CERTIFICATION; CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SAFEGUARDS; US DOE; VOLTAMETRY; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARDS; TESTING; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US ORGANIZATIONS; 055001* - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards, Inspection, & Accountability- Technical Aspects; 400100 - Analytical & Separations Chemistry

Citation Formats

Legeled, M A, Cacic, C G, Crawford, D W, and Spaletto, M I. Characterization of high-fired PuO/sub 2/ as a certified reference material. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Legeled, M A, Cacic, C G, Crawford, D W, & Spaletto, M I. Characterization of high-fired PuO/sub 2/ as a certified reference material. United States.
Legeled, M A, Cacic, C G, Crawford, D W, and Spaletto, M I. 1984. "Characterization of high-fired PuO/sub 2/ as a certified reference material". United States.
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title = {Characterization of high-fired PuO/sub 2/ as a certified reference material},
author = {Legeled, M A and Cacic, C G and Crawford, D W and Spaletto, M I},
abstractNote = {The New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), U.S. Department of Energy, has certified a plutonium dioxide reference material, CRM 122, for plutonium assay and isotopic composition. The PuO/sub 2/ standard, one of several certified Pu reference materials currently being developed at NBL for use in instrumentation calibration and measurement control for safeguards, establishes traceability to the national measurement base. This plutonium reference material in the oxide form provides more directly demonstrable traceability than metal because it undergoes the same chemical treatment for dissolution as PuO/sub 2/ fuel materials. Various tests for achieving a constant weight and for dissolving CRM 122 high-fired PuO/sub 2/ were conducted. Results of these tests as well as the certification data generated by controlled-potential coulometry for plutonium assay and by thermal ionization mass spectrometry for isotopic composition will also be presented and discussed.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6318283}, journal = {Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States)},
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volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
}

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