June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation

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

doi:10.2172/1565837

Title: June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation

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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.

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^[1]; Berger, Jennifer ^[1];

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^[1]; Hudston, Lisa Ann ^[1]; James, Michael R. ^[1];

^[1]; Lee, Gabrielle ^[1];

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^[1]; Miller, Jeffrey L. ^[1];

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^[1]; Wren, Melinda Suzanne ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1565837

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-29357
TRN: US2100626

DOE Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY

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                    Meininger, Daniel, Berger, Jennifer, Boggs, Mark Antony, Dry, Donald E., Gaunt, Andrew James, Hanson, Susan Meriel Kloek, Hudston, Lisa Ann, James, Michael R., Kinman, William Scott, Lee, Gabrielle, Margiotta, Cheriece, May, Iain, Miller, Jeffrey L., Oldham, Warren James, Reilly, Sean Douglas, Smythe, Nathan C., and Wren, Melinda Suzanne. June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Meininger, Daniel, Berger, Jennifer, Boggs, Mark Antony, Dry, Donald E., Gaunt, Andrew James, Hanson, Susan Meriel Kloek, Hudston, Lisa Ann, James, Michael R., Kinman, William Scott, Lee, Gabrielle, Margiotta, Cheriece, May, Iain, Miller, Jeffrey L., Oldham, Warren James, Reilly, Sean Douglas, Smythe, Nathan C., & Wren, Melinda Suzanne. June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1565837

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                    Meininger, Daniel, Berger, Jennifer, Boggs, Mark Antony, Dry, Donald E., Gaunt, Andrew James, Hanson, Susan Meriel Kloek, Hudston, Lisa Ann, James, Michael R., Kinman, William Scott, Lee, Gabrielle, Margiotta, Cheriece, May, Iain, Miller, Jeffrey L., Oldham, Warren James, Reilly, Sean Douglas, Smythe, Nathan C., and Wren, Melinda Suzanne. 2019.  
        "June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1565837.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1565837.

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  title        = {June 2019 Depleted Uranium Irradiation},

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

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.2172/1565837},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

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