Development of micro XAFS system at SPring-8 JAEA beamline BL22XU

Tanida, Hajime  ; Tsuji, Takuya  ; Kobata, Masaaki  ; Kitagaki, Toru  

In the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, analysis of fuel debris is extremely important to understand its properties. The fuel debris to be removed on a trial basis and the samples available for analysis are expected to be fine particles. In the case of relatively large samples, handling becomes difficult due to the dose problem. Non-destructive X-ray analysis using X-rays, especially XAFS, is an effective analysis method for such samples, but in order to apply it to fine particles, X-rays must be focused to the micrometer order. For this purpose, a Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) mirror was installed in the experimental hutch 3 of the RI building of the JAEA beamline BL22XU, which has a hard X-ray undulator as a light source, at SPring-8.