The preparation of non-radioactive glassy surrogate nuclear explosion debris (SNED) loaded with isotopically altered Xe

Martin Liezers; April J. Carman; Gregory C. Eiden

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4396-7

The preparation of non-radioactive glassy surrogate nuclear explosion debris (SNED) loaded with isotopically altered Xe

Martin Liezers
, April J. Carman
, Gregory C. Eiden

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Abstract

The measurement of Kr and Xe isotope ratios in nuclear explosion debris can be performed requiring little sample preparation. Fragments of debris are simply crushed or heated to release trapped gases Kr and Xe arising from fission product decay. As a suitable test material for this measurement, we have been investigating a method to incorporate isotopically enriched ¹²⁹Xe in glassy materials that mimic nuclear explosion debris. The approach used to prepare these materials will be described along with some of the example results obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1811-1817
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	307
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4396-7
State	Published - Mar 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fission Xe
Laser ablation
Laser melting
Nuclear forensics
Surrogate nuclear explosion debris
Trinitite

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