Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8174113 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Direct measurement of plutonium and uranium X-rays and gamma-rays is a highly desirable non-destructive analysis method for the use in reprocessing fuel environments. The high background and intense radiation from spent fuel make direct measurements difficult to implement since the relatively low activity of uranium and plutonium is masked by the high activity from fission products. To overcome this problem, we make use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect Kα and Kβ fluorescence of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) into a high-purity position-sensitive germanium detector and obtain their relative ratios.
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Authors
J. Ruz, N.F. Brejnholt, J.B. Alameda, T.A. Decker, M.A. Descalle, M. Fernandez-Perea, R.M. Hill, R.A. Kisner, A.M. Melin, B.W. Patton, R. Soufli, K. Ziock, M.J. Pivovaroff,