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Published: 2014-06-30
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.53747/jnst.v4i2.220
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014)
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Bui , V. L., Nguyen , V. Q., Le , T. A., Nguyen , V. B., Bui , T. H., & Nguyen , C. T. (2014). Enrichment determination of low – enriched uranium material by gamma spectroscopic method. Nuclear Science and Technology, 4(2), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.53747/jnst.v4i2.220

Enrichment determination of low – enriched uranium material by gamma spectroscopic method

Bui Van Loat1, Nguyen Van Quan1, Le Tuan Anh1, Nguyen Van Bay1, Bui Thi Hong1, Nguyen Cong Tam2
1 Department of Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Physics, College of Science, VNU
2 Institute of Isotopes of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

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Abstract

In this work the non - destructive gamma spectroscopic method for determination of uranium enrichment is presented. In order to determine the uranium enrichment the activity ratios of 234U/235U and 238U/235Uwere measured. The activity ratios234U/235U and 238U/235U were determined by using intrinsic efficiency calibration. As a test of this method, low - enriched uranium standard was measured, the obtained result was in good agreement with the estimated value.

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Uranium enrichment, gamma-spectrometry, intrinsic efficiency calibration, MGA method

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