June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation

Technical Report · Tue Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1565837· OSTI ID:1565837

Meininger, Daniel  ^[1]; Berger, Jennifer ^[1]; Boggs, Mark Antony  ^[1]; Dry, Donald E.  ^[1]; Gaunt, Andrew James  ^[1]; Hanson, Susan Meriel Kloek  ^[1]; Hudston, Lisa Ann ^[1]; James, Michael R. ^[1]; Kinman, William Scott  ^[1]; Lee, Gabrielle ^[1]; Margiotta, Cheriece  ^[1]; May, Iain  ^[1]; Miller, Jeffrey L. ^[1]; Oldham, Warren James  ^[1]; Reilly, Sean Douglas  ^[1]; Smythe, Nathan C.  ^[1]; Wren, Melinda Suzanne ^[1]

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

Three different irradiations were performed at the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) at Sandia National laboratory on June 4-6, 2019. Each target assembly included two or three depleted uranium targets, as well as a bismuth target and dosimetry packets. In July 2019, the target assemblies were received at TA-48 RC-1, unpackaged, and radiochemical analyses were performed. The analyses included autoradiography and gamma counting of the whole depleted uranium targets, gamma counting of the activation foils, and dissolution of six of the depleted uranium targets, followed by separated radiochemical analysis for a suite of fission products. This report describes the details of the radiochemical analysis and provides final results for the fission and activation product concentrations.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1565837
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-19-29357; TRN: US2100626
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY