Review of element analysis of industrial materials by in-line laser—induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

JD Pedarnig, S Trautner, S Grünberger… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a rapidly developing technique for
chemical materials analysis. LIBS is applied for fundamental investigations, eg, the laser …

Laser ablation plasmas and spectroscopy for nuclear applications

EH Kwapis, J Borrero, KS Latty, HB Andrews… - Applied …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The development of measurement methodologies to detect and monitor nuclear-relevant
materials remains a consistent and significant interest across the nuclear energy …

Spectroscopic signatures and oxidation characteristics of nanosecond laser-induced cerium plasmas

EH Kwapis, E Villa-Aleman, KC Hartig - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving technologies related to the wide area environmental sampling of nuclear
materials supports the nuclear nonproliferation mission of preventing the proliferation of …

Detection of gadolinium in surrogate nuclear fuel debris using fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy under gamma irradiation

R Nakanishi, M Saeki, I Wakaida, H Ohba - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (FO-LIBS) was applied to a qualitative
and quantitative analysis of gadolinium (Gd) in mixed oxide samples, simulating nuclear fuel …

Machine learning-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for monitoring molten salt compositions of small modular reactor fuel under varying laser focus …

Y Lee, RI Foster, H Kim, S Choi - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Next-generation advanced nuclear reactors based on molten salts are interested to apply
machine learning (ML) technology to minimize human error and realize effective …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) measurement of uranium in molten salt

A Williams, S Phongikaroon - Applied spectroscopy, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this current study, the molten salt aerosol–laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
system was used to measure the uranium (U) content in a ternary UCl3–LiCl–KCl salt to …

Survey of prospective techniques for molten salt reactor feed monitoring

SE Skutnik, PW Sobel, MW Swinney, KK Hogue… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 1 Safeguards verification measurements of nuclear material content in fresh fuel
salt for liquid-fueled molten salt reactors (MSRs) are likely to be required as part of nuclear …

In-situ measurement of Ce concentration in high-temperature molten salts using acoustic-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with gas protective layer

Y Lee, S Yoon, N Kim, D Kang, H Kim, W Yang… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
An advanced nuclear reactor based on molten salts including a molten salt reactor and
pyroprocessing needs a sensitive monitoring system suitable for operation in harsh …

Detection of Off-Gassed Products From Molten Salts Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

D Diaz, DW Hahn - Applied Spectroscopy, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The detection of off-gassed sodium from molten sodium nitrate (NaNO3) at temperatures
between 330° C and 505° C and off-gassed calcium from molten lithium chloride–potassium …

Development of an Experimental Routine for Electrochemical and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Composition Measurements of SmCl3 in LiCl-KCl Eutectic …

H Andrews, S Phongikaroon - Nuclear Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Four different concentrations of SmCl3 in LiCl-KCl were tested using cyclic voltammetry to
determine the diffusion coefficients of Sm (III) and Sm (II) found to be 8.59× 10− 6±1.67× 10 …