Microfluidic-Based sample chips for radioactive solutions

Tripp, J. L.; Law, J. D.; Smith, T. E.; Rutledge, V. J.; Bauer, W. F.; Ball, R. D.; Hahn, P. A.

doi:10.13182/NT14-5

Title: Microfluidic-Based sample chips for radioactive solutions

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Historical nuclear fuel cycle process sampling techniques required sample volumes ranging in the tens of milliliters. The radiation levels experienced by analytical personnel and equipment, in addition to the waste volumes generated from analysis of these samples, have been significant. These sample volumes also impacted accountability inventories of required analytes during process operations. To mitigate radiation dose and other issues associated with the historically larger sample volumes, a microcapillary sample chip was chosen for further investigation. The ability to obtain microliter volume samples coupled with a remote automated means of sample loading, tracking, and transporting to the analytical instrument would greatly improve analytical efficiency while reducing both personnel exposure and radioactive waste volumes. Sample chip testing was completed to determine the accuracy, repeatability, and issues associated with the use of microfluidic sample chips used to supply µL sample volumes of lanthanide analytes dissolved in nitric acid for introduction to an analytical instrument for elemental analysis.

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Tripp, J. L. ^[1]; Law, J. D. ^[1]; Smith, T. E. ^[1]; Rutledge, V. J. ^[1]; Bauer, W. F. ^[1]; Ball, R. D. ^[1]; Hahn, P. A. ^[1]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1184763

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-13-30733
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450; TRN: US1600463

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 189; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; microfluidics; sampling; nuclear; microcapillary

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                    Tripp, J. L., Law, J. D., Smith, T. E., Rutledge, V. J., Bauer, W. F., Ball, R. D., and Hahn, P. A. Microfluidic-Based sample chips for radioactive solutions.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Tripp, J. L., Law, J. D., Smith, T. E., Rutledge, V. J., Bauer, W. F., Ball, R. D., & Hahn, P. A. Microfluidic-Based sample chips for radioactive solutions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.13182/NT14-5

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@article{osti_1184763,

  title        = {Microfluidic-Based sample chips for radioactive solutions},

  author       = {Tripp, J. L. and Law, J. D. and Smith, T. E. and Rutledge, V. J. and Bauer, W. F. and Ball, R. D. and Hahn, P. A.},

  abstractNote = {Historical nuclear fuel cycle process sampling techniques required sample volumes ranging in the tens of milliliters. The radiation levels experienced by analytical personnel and equipment, in addition to the waste volumes generated from analysis of these samples, have been significant. These sample volumes also impacted accountability inventories of required analytes during process operations. To mitigate radiation dose and other issues associated with the historically larger sample volumes, a microcapillary sample chip was chosen for further investigation. The ability to obtain microliter volume samples coupled with a remote automated means of sample loading, tracking, and transporting to the analytical instrument would greatly improve analytical efficiency while reducing both personnel exposure and radioactive waste volumes. Sample chip testing was completed to determine the accuracy, repeatability, and issues associated with the use of microfluidic sample chips used to supply µL sample volumes of lanthanide analytes dissolved in nitric acid for introduction to an analytical instrument for elemental analysis.},

  doi          = {10.13182/NT14-5},

  journal      = {Nuclear Technology},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 189,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}

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