Certification of a new plutonium metal reference material: the CETAMA MP4 standard
This paper describes the production and certification of a new plutonium (Pu) metal reference material called MP4. The material’s certification was carried out through an interlaboratory comparison (ILC) involving eight expert laboratories. By performing extensive data analysis on the ILC’s results it was possible to establish the certified reference values for several quantities such as the Pu isotopic abundance and the Pu mass fraction. Thanks to its comprehensive set of certified values and its reduced mass compared to MP2, MP4 constitutes a novel and rare standard for Pu fissile material accountancy and nuclear safeguards activities.
PICART Sébastien;
CROZET M.;
CANCIANI Giacomo;
DAVRAIN Ygor;
BERTORELLO Caroline;
CARDONA Daniele;
LEGAY Guillaume;
BAILLY Guillaume;
BAUDURET David;
CAUSSIGNAC Nelly;
ZELENY Celine;
QUEMET Alexandre;
BAGHDADI Sarah;
MAILLARD Christophe;
DALIER Vincent;
BOYER Anne;
MONTREUIL Laure;
JAN Steve;
MIALLE Sebastien;
CRUCHET Celine;
ISNARD Helene;
PACQUENTIN Wilfried;
DOREAU Franck;
ESTEVENON Paul;
LORINO Julie;
PICARD Loic;
RICHTER Stephan;
AREGBE Yetunde;
SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ Ana Maria;
SCHORLE Helene;
ZULEGER E.;
BUDA Razvan;
REPINC Urska;
KOHL Markus;
HIESS Joseph;
DUHAMEL Georges;
SUMI Mika;
ROUDIL D.;
RIVIER Cédric;
2025-06-13
SPRINGER
JRC141611
1588-2780 (online),
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-025-10093-3,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141611,
10.1007/s10967-025-10093-3 (online),
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