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Nuclear forensics of a non-traditional sample [electronic resource] : Neptunium

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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1-7 : digital, PDF file
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Recent nuclear forensics cases have focused primarily on plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U) materials. By definition however, nuclear forensics can apply to any diverted nuclear material. This includes neptunium (Np), an internationally safeguarded material like Pu and U, that could offer a nuclear security concern if significant quantities were found outside of regulatory control. This case study couples scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with quantitative analysis using newly developed specialized software, to evaluate a non-traditional nuclear forensic sample of Np. Here, the results of the morphological analyses were compared with another Np sample of known pedigree, as well as other traditional actinide materials in order to determine potential processing and point-of-origin.
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E 1.99:la-ur-16-21702
la-ur-16-21702
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/16/2016.
"la-ur-16-21702"
MRS Advances ISSN 2059-8521 AM
Jamie L. Doyle; Daniel Schwartz; Lav Tandon.
Funding Information
AC52-06NA25396
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