A screening method for uranium particles in safeguards environmental samples based on etching behavior of fission tracks

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 42-45, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Chi Gyu ^a   Iguchi, Kazunari ^a   Esaka, Fumitaka ^a   Magara, Masaaki ^a   Sakurai, Satoshi ^a   Usuda, Shigekazu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

235U enrichment; Chemical etching; Fission tracks; Safeguards swipe samples; Uranium particles

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLASMA ETCHING; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; URANIUM;

FISSION TRACKS; SAFEGUARDS SWIPE SAMPLES; URANIUM PARTICLES;

NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS;

EID: 34548711336     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.L1121     Document Type: Article

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