Nuclear forensic science—From cradle to maturity

Isotope ratio analysis of actinides, fission products, and geolocators by high-efficiency multi-collector thermal ionization mass spectrometry

“…This includes questions posed by nuclear forensic investigations and the attribution of illegally trafficked nuclear material ("nuclear smuggling") and nuclear safeguards [1][2][3][4][5], bioassay [6][7][8][9][10][11], environmental monitoring [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and post-detonation attribution and nuclear accident analysis [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. These analytical methods are also applied for speciation of actinides and assessment of contaminated sites and nuclear waste repositories [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], studies of geological and biological cycles [36][37][38][39], search for transuranics and extinct or primordial radionuclides in nature [40][41][42][43][44][45][46], burn-up and...…”

Laser bidezko ablazioaren egungo egoera eta aplikazioak

“…Auzitegi-zientzia nuklearrak konfiskatutako material nuklear ez-legalari buruzko informazioa (jatorria eta erabilera-asmoa) eskaintzea du helburu. Informazio horrek berebiziko garrantzia du segurtasun nuklearra sustatzeko eta galerak edo lapurretak saihesteko [78,79]. Uranio-mea kontzentratua meategian bertan egindako aurrearazketa prozesuaren ondoren lortzen da eta, ondoren, instalazio nuklearretara garraiatzen da kontzentrazio prozesuarekin jarraitzeko.…”

Uncertainty assessment in gamma spectrometric measurements of plutonium isotope ratios and age

“…(2) and (3) the isotope ratios may be calculated, which was done by fitting the isotope ratios and the parameters c 1 -c 5 in Eq. (3) by means of finding the minimum in the error square sum.…”

“…Determination of isotope composition and age of plutonium is important in several applications, such as nuclear safeguards [1] and nuclear forensics [2]. The isotope composition of plutonium can be measured with different methods.…”