Analytical laboratories method No. 4017 - the radiometric nondestructive analysis of Uranium-235 in uranium tetrafluoride

Technical Report · Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6951726· OSTI ID:6951726

This method permits the nondestructive measurement of U-235 in uranium tetrafluoride (UF/sub 4/) using a Ge(Li) gamma spectrometer. The method was evaluated for UF/sub 4/ in the 0.20 to 1.25 wt% U-235 concentration range, but it could be easily extended to higher U-235 concentrations by using the appropriate standard. A nondestructive U-235 measurement can be performed in about 20 minutes. No measurement interferences have been observed.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Materials Co., Fernald, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-86OR21600
• OSTI ID: 6951726
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21600-T13; ON: DE88012274
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
URANIUM 235
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URANIUM FLUORIDES
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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
LI-DRIFTED GE DETECTORS
QUANTITY RATIO
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DATA
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LI-DRIFTED DETECTORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SPECTROSCOPY
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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