DETERMINATION OF BURNUP IN SPENT NUCLEAR-FUEL BY APPLICATION OF FIBEROPTIC HIGH-RESOLUTION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION-SPECTROSCOPY (FO-HR-ICP-AES)

Authors
GIGLIO JJ CUMMINGS DG MICHLIK MM GOODALL PS JOHNSON SG
Citation
Jj. Giglio et al., DETERMINATION OF BURNUP IN SPENT NUCLEAR-FUEL BY APPLICATION OF FIBEROPTIC HIGH-RESOLUTION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION-SPECTROSCOPY (FO-HR-ICP-AES), Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 396(1-2), 1997, pp. 251-256
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
396
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
251 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)396:1-2<251:DOBISN>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The determination of burnup, an indicator of fuel cycle efficiency, ha s been accomplished by the determination of La-139 by high-resolution inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (HR-ICP-AES). Solutions of digested samples of reactor fuel rods were introduced int o a shielded glovebox housing an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) and the resulting atomic emission transmitted to a high-resolution spectro meter by a 31 m fiber optic bundle. Total and isotopic U determination by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) is presented to allow for the calculation of burnup for the samples. This method of burnup d etermination reduces the time, material, sample handling and waste gen eration associated with typical burnup determinations which require se paration of lanthanum from the other fission products with high specif ic activities.