Direct uranium enrichment assay in gaseous uranium hexafluoride with laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

GCY Chan, X Mao, LR Martin, LD Trowbridge… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2022 - Springer
A set of eleven U atomic emission lines, between 421.099 and 421.460 nm, were
characterized for direct enrichment assay of gaseous UF6 samples with laser induced …

Assay measurement of gaseous UF6 using femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in the 424.4 nm spectral region

BS Jordan, JD Readle, JR Cooper, M Cook… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most modern uranium enrichers use centrifuges to separate 235 U [Uranium 235] and 238 U
[Uranium 238] in the gaseous form, UF 6 [uranium hexafluoride]. Monitoring the enrichment …

Use of IR absorption laser spectroscopy at nuclear fuel cycle plants: problems and prospects

GV Golubkov, GY Grigoriev, SS Nabiev… - Russian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The main stages of the nuclear fuel cycle from extraction of uranium ores to disposal of
radioactive waste resulting from the processing of spent nuclear fuel were briefly analyzed …

Infrared spectroscopic method for uranium isotopic analysis

KAS Fessler, PE O'Rourke, NF DeRoller… - Chemical …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A high performance infrared (HPIR) system was developed and demonstrated for the
infrared absorption analysis of 235 U and 238 U isotopes in uranium hexafluoride gas …

Scoping study to expedite development of a field deployable and portable instrument for UF6 enrichment assay

CYG Chan, JD Valentine, RE Russo - 2017 - escholarship.org
The primary objective of the present study is to identity the most promising, viable
technologies that are likely to culminate in an expedited development of the next-generation …

Use of an infrared spectroscopic method for isotopic analysis of gaseous uranium hexafluoride

KAS Fessler, PE O'Rourke, NF DeRoller… - Metal-Matrix Composites …, 2021 - Springer
A high performance infrared (HPIR) system was developed and demonstrated for the
infrared absorption analysis of uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes in uranium …