DETECTION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF TRANSURANICS BY RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY OF NOBLE GASES.

L. A. Franks; H. M. Borella; M. R. Cates; G. S. Hurst; M. G. Payne

doi:10.1016/0029-554X(80)90786-7

DETECTION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF TRANSURANICS BY RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY OF NOBLE GASES.

L. A. Franks
, H. M. Borella
, M. R. Cates
, G. S. Hurst
, M. G. Payne

Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics

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An application of resonance ionization spectroscopy to transuranic waste assay is described that provides detection limits at or below the 10 nCi g** minus **1 level. The technique involves the resonance ionization of noble gas isotopes produced by either photon or neutron-induced fission. Using moderate photon or thermal neutron fluxes, it is shown that 10 nCi g** minus **1 concentrations of **2**3**9Pu and **2**3**3U can be detected in a single pulse of a commercially available Nd:YAG laser by detecting Xe atoms among the fission products. Using a novel counting scheme wherein the total xenon population is utilized, even a low fission cross-section transuranic such as **2**4**1Am can be detected at the 10 nCi g** minus **1 level. Interferences associated with the multiphoton, off-resonance ionization of impurities are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	317-322
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear instruments and methods
Volume	173
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(80)90786-7
State	Published - 1980

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