Micro-Analysis of Actinide Minerals for Nuclear Forensics and Treaty Verification
Conference
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OSTI ID:1054699
Micro-Raman spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be a viable tool for nondestructive determination of the crystal phase of relevant minerals. Collecting spectra on particles down to 5 microns in size was completed. Some minerals studied were weak scatterers and were better studied with the other techniques. A decent graphical software package should easily be able to compare collected spectra to a spectral library as well as subtract out matrix vibration peaks. Due to the success and unequivocal determination of the most common mineral false positive (zircon), it is clear that Raman has a future for complementary, rapid determination of unknown particulate samples containing actinides.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC52-06NA25946
- OSTI ID:
- 1054699
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/25946-1456
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: MARC 2012 Conference, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, March 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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