International cooperation in age-dating uranium standards for nuclear forensics using the 231Pa/235U radiochronometer
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Chemistry Division
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division
- China Inst. of Atomic Energy (CIAE), Beijing (China). Dept. of Radiochemistry
During 2017–2018 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the China Institute of Atomic Energy collaborated in an interlaboratory 231Pa/235U radiochronometry exercise. The laboratories used different analytical methods to obtain a consensus model purification date for CRM U010 of December 28, 1958 ± 198 days and for CRM U850 of May 20, 1958 ± 363 days. These results agree with previously reported model dates using the 230Th/234U radiochronometer as well as the production histories of these materials. The concordance of interlaboratory data here confirms the ability of laboratories to make reproducible radiochronometry measurements using distinct analytical approaches.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1673840
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-811968; 1012786; TRN: US2203970
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 324, Issue 2; ISSN 0236-5731
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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