Keeping the Momentum and Nuclear Forensics at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Technical Report · Fri Jul 22 04:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1291264· OSTI ID:1291264

Steiner, Robert Ernest ^[1]; Dion, Heather M. ^[1]; Dry, Donald E. ^[1]; Kinman, William Scott ^[1]; LaMont, Stephen Philip ^[1]; Podlesak, David ^[1]; Tandon, Lav ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

LANL has 70 years of experience in nuclear forensics and supports the community through a wide variety of efforts and leveraged capabilities: Expanding the understanding of nuclear forensics, providing training on nuclear forensics methods, and developing bilateral relationships to expand our understanding of nuclear forensic science. LANL remains highly supportive of several key organizations tasked with carrying forth the Nuclear Security Summit messages: IAEA, GICNT, and INTERPOL. Analytical chemistry measurements on plutonium and uranium matrices are critical to numerous programs including safeguards accountancy verification measurements. Los Alamos National Laboratory operates capable actinide analytical chemistry and material science laboratories suitable for nuclear material and environmental forensic characterization. Los Alamos National Laboratory uses numerous means to validate and independently verify that measurement data quality objectives are met. Numerous LANL nuclear facilities support the nuclear material handling, preparation, and analysis capabilities necessary to evaluate samples containing nearly any mass of an actinide (attogram to kilogram levels).

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1291264
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--16-25433
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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