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Feasibility study of americium determination method in plutonium particles using alpha spectrometry

Yasuda, Kenichiro   ; Suzuki, Daisuke   ; Kanazawa, Kazuhito; Miyamoto, Yutaka   ; Esaka, Fumitaka  ; Magara, Masaaki  

We are applying a screening technique with alpha spectrometry to the analysis of particles containing nuclear materials in swipe samples. In this presentation, individual plutonium particles with known purification dates prepared from a standard reference material (NBS SRM947) were measured with alpha spectrometry. The obtained $$frac{^{238}Pu+^{241}Am}{^{(239+240)}Pu}$$ activity ratios for the particles with the diameters of more than 1 micrometer were consistent with the reference values within the uncertainties. These results indicate that alpha spectrometry can be applied to the quantitative analysis of $$^{241}$$Am in individual plutonium particles.

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