• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.51-54
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• 2013

Isotopic analysis using thermal ionization mass spectrometry coupled with scanning electron microscopy (SEM-TIMS) was performed to determine the isotopic ratios of uranium contained in micro-particles in the 6th Nuclear Signatures Interlaboratory Measurement Evaluation Programme (NUSIMEP-6) sample. Elemental analysis by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was conducted on uranium-bearing mirco-particles, which were transferred to rhenium filaments for TIMS loading using a micromanipulation system in a SEM. A multi-ion-counter system was utilized to detect the ion signals of the four isotopes of uranium simultaneously. The isotope ratios of uranium corrected by bracketing using a reference material showed excellent agreement with the certified values. The measurement accuracy for $n(^{234}U)/n(^{238}U)$ and (b) $n(^{235}U)/n(^{238}U)$ was 10% and 1%, respectively, which met the requirements for qalification for the NetWork of Analytical Laboratories (NWAL).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.353-358
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• 2006

Alpha track analysis for the determination of the trace amount of alpha emitting nuclides in a very small particle was performed as an efficient and powerful technique during safeguard inspection. Metal particles with well-defined spherical shape, size and isotopic compositions as a reference material were used to correlate the number of tracks or track diameter with an isotopic composition eventually to identify the uranium enrichment in the environmental swipe samples. Slopes in the number of tracks versus the exposure time curve provide a simple insight into the uranium enrichment of an unknown particle. Low enriched uranium metal particles result in slopes still steeper than the depleted or natural uranium metal particles. In addition, a linear relationship between track diameter and particle size Is thought to be a useful first stage analytical tool as an efficient and convenient inspection guide. The significance of the simple linear model was also judged using the usual statistical tests.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.440-445
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• 2000

흔적량 입자분석을 위해서는 흔적량의 입자를 다룰수 있는 미세도구가 필요하며 이들을 능숙하게 다룰수 있는 기술 또한 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 미세도구들의 제작 및 사용방법을 소개하고 원자력 시설의 먼지시료 중 존재하는 우라늄입자의 동위원소비를 측정하였으며 이 결과로부터 미신고 핵활동 시설에서 사용한 우라늄의 종류를 알아 낼 수 있는 기술의 가능성을 확인하였다. 원자력 시설내의 오염가능 지역에서 기기의 표면 또는 바닥을 여과지로 문질러 시료를 채취하였고 먼지 중 존재하는 흔적량의 우라늄입자는 고체트랙 검출기를 이용하여 참아내었으며, 찾은 미세크기의 우라늄 입자는 미세도구를 사용하여 절단 분리한 후 TIMS의 필라멘트로 옮겨서 우라늄입자의 동위원소 비를 측정하였다.