Laser-Based Analytical Monitoring in Nuclear-Fuel Processing Plants.

摘要

The use of laser-based analytical methods in nuclear-fuel processing plants is considered. The species and locations for accountability,process control,and effluent control measurements in the Coprocessing, Thorex,and reference Purex fuel processing operations are identified and the conventional analytical methods used for these measurements are summarized. The laser analytical methods based upon Raman,absorption,fluorescence,and nonlinear spectroscopy are reviewed and evaluated for their use in fuel processing plants. After a comparison of the capabilities of the laser-based and conventional analytical methods,the promising areas of application of the laser-based methods in fuel processing plants are identified. (ERA citation 04:009770)