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Title: The application of radiochronometry during the 4th collaborative materials exercise of the nuclear forensics international technical working group (ITWG) [Radiochronometry in the CMX-4 exercise]

Abstract

In a recent international exercise, 10 international nuclear forensics laboratories successfully performed radiochronometry on three low enriched uranium oxide samples, providing 12 analytical results using three different parent-daughter pairs serving as independent chronometers. The vast majority of the results were consistent with one another and consistent with the known processing history of the materials. In general, for these particular samples, mass spectrometry gave more accurate and more precise analytical results than decay counting measurements. Additionally, the concordance of the 235U–231Pa and 234U–230Th chronometers confirmed the validity of the age dating assumptions, increasing confidence in the resulting conclusions.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umea (Sweden)
  3. Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umea (Sweden); Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden)
  4. South Africa Nuclear Energy Corp. (Necsa), Pretoria (South Africa)
  5. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea)
  6. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai (Japan)
  7. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, ls-Sur-Tille (France)
  8. Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON (Canada)
  9. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
  10. European Commission, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  11. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney (Australia)
  12. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1475192
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-686417
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731; 812819
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 315; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Nuclear forensics; Radiochronometry; Uranium oxide; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Thermal ionization mass spectrometry; Gamma spectrometry; Alpha spectrometry

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Kristo, Michael J., Williams, Ross, Gaffney, Amy M., Kayzar-Boggs, Theresa M., Schorzman, Kerri C., Lagerkvist, Petra, Vesterlund, Anna, Ramebäck, Henrik, Nelwamondo, Aubrey N., Kotze, Deon, Song, Kyuseok, Lim, Sang Ho, Han, Sun -Ho, Lee, Chi -Gyu, Okubo, Ayako, Maloubier, Didier, Cardona, Danièle, Samuleev, Pavel, Dimayuga, Ike, Varga, Zsolt, Wallenius, Maria, Mayer, Klaus, Loi, Elaine, Keegan, Elizabeth, Harrison, Jennifer, Thiruvoth, Sangeeth, Stanley, Floyd E., Spencer, Khal J., and Tandon, Lav. The application of radiochronometry during the 4th collaborative materials exercise of the nuclear forensics international technical working group (ITWG) [Radiochronometry in the CMX-4 exercise]. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-017-5680-5.
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Kristo, Michael J., Williams, Ross, Gaffney, Amy M., Kayzar-Boggs, Theresa M., Schorzman, Kerri C., Lagerkvist, Petra, Vesterlund, Anna, Ramebäck, Henrik, Nelwamondo, Aubrey N., Kotze, Deon, Song, Kyuseok, Lim, Sang Ho, Han, Sun -Ho, Lee, Chi -Gyu, Okubo, Ayako, Maloubier, Didier, Cardona, Danièle, Samuleev, Pavel, Dimayuga, Ike, Varga, Zsolt, Wallenius, Maria, Mayer, Klaus, Loi, Elaine, Keegan, Elizabeth, Harrison, Jennifer, Thiruvoth, Sangeeth, Stanley, Floyd E., Spencer, Khal J., & Tandon, Lav. The application of radiochronometry during the 4th collaborative materials exercise of the nuclear forensics international technical working group (ITWG) [Radiochronometry in the CMX-4 exercise]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5680-5
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Kristo, Michael J., Williams, Ross, Gaffney, Amy M., Kayzar-Boggs, Theresa M., Schorzman, Kerri C., Lagerkvist, Petra, Vesterlund, Anna, Ramebäck, Henrik, Nelwamondo, Aubrey N., Kotze, Deon, Song, Kyuseok, Lim, Sang Ho, Han, Sun -Ho, Lee, Chi -Gyu, Okubo, Ayako, Maloubier, Didier, Cardona, Danièle, Samuleev, Pavel, Dimayuga, Ike, Varga, Zsolt, Wallenius, Maria, Mayer, Klaus, Loi, Elaine, Keegan, Elizabeth, Harrison, Jennifer, Thiruvoth, Sangeeth, Stanley, Floyd E., Spencer, Khal J., and Tandon, Lav. Tue . "The application of radiochronometry during the 4th collaborative materials exercise of the nuclear forensics international technical working group (ITWG) [Radiochronometry in the CMX-4 exercise]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5680-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1475192.
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@article{osti_1475192,
title = {The application of radiochronometry during the 4th collaborative materials exercise of the nuclear forensics international technical working group (ITWG) [Radiochronometry in the CMX-4 exercise]},
author = {Kristo, Michael J. and Williams, Ross and Gaffney, Amy M. and Kayzar-Boggs, Theresa M. and Schorzman, Kerri C. and Lagerkvist, Petra and Vesterlund, Anna and Ramebäck, Henrik and Nelwamondo, Aubrey N. and Kotze, Deon and Song, Kyuseok and Lim, Sang Ho and Han, Sun -Ho and Lee, Chi -Gyu and Okubo, Ayako and Maloubier, Didier and Cardona, Danièle and Samuleev, Pavel and Dimayuga, Ike and Varga, Zsolt and Wallenius, Maria and Mayer, Klaus and Loi, Elaine and Keegan, Elizabeth and Harrison, Jennifer and Thiruvoth, Sangeeth and Stanley, Floyd E. and Spencer, Khal J. and Tandon, Lav},
abstractNote = {In a recent international exercise, 10 international nuclear forensics laboratories successfully performed radiochronometry on three low enriched uranium oxide samples, providing 12 analytical results using three different parent-daughter pairs serving as independent chronometers. The vast majority of the results were consistent with one another and consistent with the known processing history of the materials. In general, for these particular samples, mass spectrometry gave more accurate and more precise analytical results than decay counting measurements. Additionally, the concordance of the 235U–231Pa and 234U–230Th chronometers confirmed the validity of the age dating assumptions, increasing confidence in the resulting conclusions.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-017-5680-5},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 2,
volume = 315,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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