Age-dating methodology for 137Cs ceramic sources

Steeb, Jennifer L.; Graczyk, Donald G.; Tsai, Yifen; Mertz, Carol J.; Kimberlin, Ashleigh; Chamberlain, David B.

doi:10.1007/s10967-016-4712-x

Title: Age-dating methodology for ¹³⁷Cs ceramic sources

Journal Article · Wed Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4712-x· OSTI ID:1460971

Steeb, Jennifer L. ^[1]; Graczyk, Donald G. ^[1]; Tsai, Yifen ^[1]; Mertz, Carol J. ^[1]; Kimberlin, Ashleigh ^[2]; Chamberlain, David B. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

Here, age-dating of ¹³⁷Cs ceramic sources is shown to be a viable technology for nuclear forensics investigations. The ¹³⁷Cs age-dating method in general, however, could be substantially improved by using radiometric rather than ICP-MS measurement of the ¹³⁷Cs isotope and by refining the Cs/Ba separation process. With these improvements, uncertainty in the age of a 60-year-old source decreases from 1.35 to 0.68 y.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS); USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1460971

Journal Information:: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 309, Issue 3; ISSN 0236-5731

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