Rapid dissolution of surrogate nuclear debris using ammonium bifluoride fusion and indirect sonication dissolution methods
Abstract
Prompt analysis of elemental and isotopic information from post-detonation nuclear debris is critical for rapid attribution analysis. The capabilities of dissolution methods that use ammonium bifluoride (ABF, NH4HF2) and pressurized microwave digestion with HF acid are reported for NIST Surrogate Post-detonation Urban Debris (SPUD). Elemental concentration and isotope ratios were measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The SPUD material was also analyzed for U concentration using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Finally, the ABF dissolution method with a 10:1 ABF to sample ratio and the pressurized microwave digestion methods resulted in comparable results.
- Authors:
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[3]
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry. Research Reactor
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (United States); Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1479990
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-23166
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; HDTRA1-15-1-0016; NRC-HQ-84-15-G-0036
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 318; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; nuclear forensics; surrogate nuclear explosion debris; ammonium bifluoride; dissolution
Citation Formats
Hubley, Nicholas T., Wegge, Dana L., Weilert, Taylor M., Leibman, Christopher P., Rearick, Michael S., Robertson, J. D., and Brockman, John D. Rapid dissolution of surrogate nuclear debris using ammonium bifluoride fusion and indirect sonication dissolution methods. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-018-6127-3.
Hubley, Nicholas T., Wegge, Dana L., Weilert, Taylor M., Leibman, Christopher P., Rearick, Michael S., Robertson, J. D., & Brockman, John D. Rapid dissolution of surrogate nuclear debris using ammonium bifluoride fusion and indirect sonication dissolution methods. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6127-3
Hubley, Nicholas T., Wegge, Dana L., Weilert, Taylor M., Leibman, Christopher P., Rearick, Michael S., Robertson, J. D., and Brockman, John D. Sun .
"Rapid dissolution of surrogate nuclear debris using ammonium bifluoride fusion and indirect sonication dissolution methods". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6127-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1479990.
@article{osti_1479990,
title = {Rapid dissolution of surrogate nuclear debris using ammonium bifluoride fusion and indirect sonication dissolution methods},
author = {Hubley, Nicholas T. and Wegge, Dana L. and Weilert, Taylor M. and Leibman, Christopher P. and Rearick, Michael S. and Robertson, J. D. and Brockman, John D.},
abstractNote = {Prompt analysis of elemental and isotopic information from post-detonation nuclear debris is critical for rapid attribution analysis. The capabilities of dissolution methods that use ammonium bifluoride (ABF, NH4HF2) and pressurized microwave digestion with HF acid are reported for NIST Surrogate Post-detonation Urban Debris (SPUD). Elemental concentration and isotope ratios were measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The SPUD material was also analyzed for U concentration using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Finally, the ABF dissolution method with a 10:1 ABF to sample ratio and the pressurized microwave digestion methods resulted in comparable results.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-018-6127-3},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 1,
volume = 318,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sun Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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