<p>In nuclear forensics, activation products can provide important information about the neutron energies occurring during a fission event. Activation products are difficult to measure since they typically have short half-lives (less than a week), many have low intensity gamma emission, and/ or form in relatively low abundance with respect to fission products. This work focused on separating divalent transition metals (M<sup>2+</sup>  = Mn, Ni, Cu, and Zn), Pt, and V activation products using extraction chromatography. Both DGA and AN resin were tested with a non-radioactive sample, then DGA resin was used to separate activation products from a seawater matrix containing fission products.</p>

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Separation of divalent transition metal activation products

  • Staci Herman,
  • Dana Arbova,
  • Ean Arnold,
  • Samuel Emmons,
  • Bethany Lawler,
  • Anntonette Perry,
  • Nicolas Uhnak,
  • Evan Warzecha,
  • Chelsie Beck

摘要

In nuclear forensics, activation products can provide important information about the neutron energies occurring during a fission event. Activation products are difficult to measure since they typically have short half-lives (less than a week), many have low intensity gamma emission, and/ or form in relatively low abundance with respect to fission products. This work focused on separating divalent transition metals (M2+  = Mn, Ni, Cu, and Zn), Pt, and V activation products using extraction chromatography. Both DGA and AN resin were tested with a non-radioactive sample, then DGA resin was used to separate activation products from a seawater matrix containing fission products.