Uranium Detection - Technique Validation Report

Technical Report · Thu Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1248111· OSTI ID:1248111

Colletti, Lisa Michelle ^[1]; Garduno, Katherine ^[1]; Lujan, Elmer J. ^[1]; Mechler-Hickson, Alexandra Marie ^[2]; May, Iain ^[1]; Reilly, Sean Douglas ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Chemistry Division
2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Chemistry Division; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

As a LANL activity for DOE/NNSA in support of SHINE Medical Technologies™ ‘Accelerator Technology’ we have been investigating the application of UV-vis spectroscopy for uranium analysis in solution. While the technique has been developed specifically for sulfate solutions, the proposed SHINE target solutions, it can be adapted to a range of different solution matrixes. The FY15 work scope incorporated technical development that would improve accuracy, specificity, linearity & range, precision & ruggedness, and comparative analysis. Significant progress was achieved throughout FY 15 addressing these technical challenges, as is summarized in this report. In addition, comparative analysis of unknown samples using the Davies-Gray titration technique highlighted the importance of controlling temperature during analysis (impacting both technique accuracy and linearity/range). To fully understand the impact of temperature, additional experimentation and data analyses were performed during FY16. The results from this FY15/FY16 work were presented in a detailed presentation, LA-UR-16-21310, and an update of this presentation is included with this short report summarizing the key findings. The technique is based on analysis of the most intense U(VI) absorbance band in the visible region of the uranium spectra in 1 M H₂SO₄, at λ_max = 419.5 nm.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1248111
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-16-22546; TRN: US1601254
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
SOLUTIONS
URANIUM
ACCURACY
TITRATION
DATA ANALYSIS
VALIDATION
DETECTION
SULFATES
SPECTROSCOPY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
VISIBLE SPECTRA
ABSORPTION SPECTRA
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS