Isotopic composition of a sample enriched in ⁹³Zr

Journal Article · 21 October 2015 · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4540-4 · OSTI ID:1347313

Fujii, Toshiyuki ^[1]; Hori, Jun-ichi ^[1]; Du, Miting ^[2]; Fukutani, Satoshi ^[1]; Takamiya, Koichi ^[1]; Yamana, Hajimu ^[1]; Kiyanagi, Yoshiaki ^[3]

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1. Kyoto Univ. (Japan). Research Reactor Inst.
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division
3. Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Graduate School of Engineering

A project to determine the neutron-capture cross section of long lived fission products and minor actinides has been started by using a beam-line at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). We prepared one of the target nuclides is Zr-93, which in Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Qualitative and quantitative analyses on the sample were performed at Kyoto University. The isotopic composition of (m) Zr (m 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 96) was precisely determined by multi-collector thermal ionization mass spectrometry with < 0.1 % of 2 sigma uncertainty. We determined that the atomic abundance of Zr-93 in the sample to be 18.86 ± A 0.05 %.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1347313
• Journal Information: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 307; ISSN 0236-5731
• Publisher: SpringerCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
Isotopic analysis
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J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI
Long lived fission product
NUCLEAR-DATA
Nuclear data
Zirconium