Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium

Arrigo, Leah M.; Greenwood, Lawrence R.; Pierson, Bruce D.; Metz, Lori A.; Friese, Judah I.

doi:10.1007/S10967-018-6115-7

Title: Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium

Abstract

Here, this work focused on the experimental analysis of depleted uranium irradiated with 14 MeV neutrons to obtain fission yields for 20 fission products with half-lives ranging from 16.8 h to 30.1 years. Several analytes were identified where improvements to the available nuclear data would be beneficial. The results obtained from this experiment could be used to make improvements to cumulative fission yield data once confirmatory measurements are made. The required separations will be described along with a comparison to the reported Evaluated Nuclear Data File fission yields and other experimental measurements.

Authors:

Arrigo, Leah M. ^[1];

^[1]; Pierson, Bruce D. ^[1]; Metz, Lori A. ^[1]; Friese, Judah I. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1573033

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-133908
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731; TRN: US2001341

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

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; Radiochemical separations; Fission products; Short-lived radionuclides; Actinide fission; 14 MeV fission

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                    Arrigo, Leah M., Greenwood, Lawrence R., Pierson, Bruce D., Metz, Lori A., and Friese, Judah I. Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Arrigo, Leah M., Greenwood, Lawrence R., Pierson, Bruce D., Metz, Lori A., & Friese, Judah I. Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S10967-018-6115-7

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                    Arrigo, Leah M., Greenwood, Lawrence R., Pierson, Bruce D., Metz, Lori A., and Friese, Judah I. Wed .  
"Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S10967-018-6115-7.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1573033.

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@article{osti_1573033,

  title        = {Radiochemical separations and experimental measurements of short-lived fission products from 14 MeV irradiation of depleted uranium},

  author       = {Arrigo, Leah M. and Greenwood, Lawrence R. and Pierson, Bruce D. and Metz, Lori A. and Friese, Judah I.},

  abstractNote = {Here, this work focused on the experimental analysis of depleted uranium irradiated with 14 MeV neutrons to obtain fission yields for 20 fission products with half-lives ranging from 16.8 h to 30.1 years. Several analytes were identified where improvements to the available nuclear data would be beneficial. The results obtained from this experiment could be used to make improvements to cumulative fission yield data once confirmatory measurements are made. The required separations will be described along with a comparison to the reported Evaluated Nuclear Data File fission yields and other experimental measurements.},

  doi          = {10.1007/S10967-018-6115-7},

  journal      = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 318,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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