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Magara, Masaaki; Usuda, Shigekazu; Sakurai, Satoshi; Shinohara, Nobuo; Esaka, Fumitaka; Kokubu, Yoko; Suzuki, Daisuke; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Lee, C. G.; Inagawa, Jun; et al.
Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Gakkai (INMM) Nihon Shibu Dai-29-Kai Nenji Taikai Rombunshu (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2008/00
JAEA has been developing, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, analytical techniques for ultra-trace amounts of nuclear materials in the environmental samples in order to contribute to the strengthened safeguards system. In January 2003, JAEA was qualified as a member of the IAEA network analytical laboratories (NWAL) for environmental sample analysis. Since then, JAEA has conducted the analysis of domestic and the IAEA samples. Two techniques, bulk and particle analyses, are available for the environmental samples and the latter method generally provides more detailed information about history of nuclear materials in a facility. However, isotope ratios of uranium are measured in the particle analysis at present and it is wished to develop analytical method for isotope ratios of plutonium in individual particles. We commence the development of the plutonium particle analysis and the consideration of age-dating for plutonium particles through the atomic ratio of Pu-241 and Am-241.
Sumi, Mika; Abe, Katsuo; Kageyama, Tomio; Nakazawa, Hiroaki; Takamatsu, Mai*; Katchi, Tomokazu*; Murakami, Yoshiki*; Ai, Hironobu*
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Isotope dilution mass spectrometry method used for the accountancy analysis at nuclear fuel facilities requires the standard materials called LSD(Large Size Dried) spike. Generally, LSD spikes are prepared from certified reference materials which supplied from foreign countries. However, the difficulty of Pu reference material importation is increasing. It is important for safeguard to attain and continue highly reliable accountancy analysis and stable securing of LSD spike is essential. Therefore, under collaboration work between JAEA and JNFL, several types of LSD spike were prepared. Measurement experiments with actual samples were performed and those results were compared with the results obtained using LSD spike which supplied from foreign laboratory. This report presents preparation of LSD spikes, determination of value of plutonium which separated and purified from MOX and used as raw material, practical test and evaluation method of uncertainty based on ISO-GUM.
Sumi, Mika; Abe, Katsuo; Kageyama, Tomio; Nakazawa, Hiroaki; Takamatsu, Mai*; Katchi, Tomokazu*; Murakami, Yoshiki*; Ai, Hironobu*
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Destructive analysis for accountancy at nuclear fuel facilities should attain international target values for measurement uncertainties in safeguarding nuclear materials (ITVs).Since measurement uncertainties of isotope dilution mass spectrometry depend on uncertainties of standard materials (spikes) used, utilizing highly reliable standard material is essential. The LSD spikes prepared under collaboration work with JAEA and JNFL has different Pu/U ratio and smaller nuclear material in a spike compared with the LSD spikes used at safeguard laboratories, and the value of Pu which separated and purified from MOX and used as raw material for one of the LSD spike prepared at JAEA were measured at JAEA. Uncertainties of the prepared LSD spikes and the measurement results of actual samples with these LSD spikes were evaluated based on ISO-GUM and compared with ITVs.
Lee, C. G.; Suzuki, Daisuke; Inagawa, Jun; Esaka, Fumitaka; Magara, Masaaki; Sakurai, Satoshi; Shinohara, Nobuo; Usuda, Shigekazu
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A screening method for uranium particles according to their enrichment has been developed by using the characteristics of fission tracks. The etching rate of fission tracks by the uranium particles increases with the 
U enrichment of uranium particle. This result strongly suggests that the enrichment-based screening of the uranium particles is possible by controlling the etching time. In order to verify the effectiveness of the developed screening method, a mixed sample containing uranium particles with different enrichment was used. A two-step filtration system that can collect particles with desired diameters was used for the collection of uranium particles in order to avoid the influence of the differences in the diameters on the etching behavior of fission tracks. It was shown that the enrichment-based screening of the uranium particles is possible by comparing the fission track morphology and particle size in addition to controlling etching time.