Portable, Solid-Source, Quadruple MS for Rapid Assay of U and Pu

摘要

A lightweight mass spectrometer was developed which can be carried into a nuclear plant for isotopic analyses on uranium and plutonium. Hewlett-Packard's gas chromatograph mass spectrometer model 5992A was used; the gas chromatograph part was discarded. The instrument weighs less than 100 kg. (ERA citation 06:023226)