Initial report on the application of laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the analysis of radioactive Hanford Tank Waste materials

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/469579· OSTI ID:469579

Smith, M R; Hartman, J S; Alexander, M L; Mendoza, A; Hirt, E H; Stewart, T L; Hansen, M A; Park, W R; Peters, T J; Burghard, B J

Initial LA/MS analyses of Hanford tank waste samples were performed successfully using laboratory and hot cell LA/MS instrumentation systems. The experiments described in this report have demonstrated that the LA/MS data can be used to provide rapid analysis of solid, radioactive Hanford tank waste samples to identify major, minor, and trace constituents (elemental and isotopic) and fission products and radioactive isotopes. The ability to determine isotopic constituents using the LA/MS method yielded significant advantages over ICP/AES analysis by providing valuable information on fission products and radioactive constituents.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 469579
• Report Number(s): PNNL-11449; ON: DE97051367
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
40 CHEMISTRY
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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
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TANKS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
LASER RADIATION
LASER SPECTROSCOPY
ABLATION
MASS SPECTROSCOPY