Challenges in the quality assurance of elemental and isotopic analyses in the nuclear domain benefitting from high resolution ICP-OES and sector field ICP-MS
Accurate analytical data reinforces fundamentally the meaningfulness of nuclear fuel performance assessments and nuclear waste characterization. Regularly lacking matrix-matched certified reference materials, quality assurance of elemental and isotopic analysis of nuclear materials remains a challenging endeavour. In this context, this review highlights various dedicated experimental approaches envisaged at the European Commission – Joint Research Centre – Institute for Transuranium Elements to overcome this limitation, mainly focussing on the use of high resolution-inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (HR-ICP-OES) and sector field-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS). However, also - and -spectrometry are included here to help characterise extensively the investigated actinide solutions for their actual concentration, thinkable impurities and isotopic purity.
KRACHLER Michael;
ALVAREZ SARANDES LAVANDERA Rafael;
VAN WINCKEL Stefaan;
2015-05-12
SPRINGER
JRC92155
0236-5731,
http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s10967-015-3952-5,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC92155,
10.1007/s10967-015-3952-5,
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