Measuring signatures of fuel irradiation in large particle samples
Susan K. Hanson, Anthony D. Pollington
Abstract
Scaled-down methods for the analysis of single particles of nuclear fuel using chemical purification and isotope dilution mass spectrometry reveal the heterogeneity of burnup and reaction along the axis and radius of a spent fuel rod.
Topics & Concepts
BurnupIsotope dilutionRadiochemistryIrradiationMass spectrometryDilutionParticle (ecology)Nuclear fuelRADIUSNuclear engineeringSpent nuclear fuelChemistryIsotopeAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Materials scienceNuclear physicsChromatographyNuclear chemistryPhysicsGeologyEngineeringComputer securityOceanographyThermodynamicsComputer scienceRadioactive element chemistry and processingNuclear Materials and PropertiesRadioactive contamination and transfer