Application of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission and Fluorescence Spectroscopy to the Safeguarding of a Nuclear Facility

摘要

A high resolution spectrometer has been used to resolve the isotopic structure of spectral lines emitted by uranium that has been atomized and excited in an inductively coupled plasma. Multi-isotopic analyses of uranium and spectra of simulated accountability tank solutions are presented. The potential application of inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy to nuclear safeguards analysis is discussed. A brief description of the laser excited atomic fluorescence method is presented. (ERA citation 06:031763)