Abstract
Accurate analytical data reinforces fundamentally the meaningfulness of nuclear fuel performance assessments and nuclear waste characterization. Regularly lacking matrix-matched certified reference materials, quality assurance of elemental and isotopic analysis of nuclear materials remains a challenging endeavour. In this context, this review highlights various dedicated experimental approaches envisaged at the European Commission—Joint Research Centre—Institute for Transuranium Elements to overcome this limitation, mainly focussing on the use of high resolution-inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (HR-ICP-OES) and sector field-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS). However, also α- and γ-spectrometry are included here to help characterise extensively the investigated actinide solutions for their actual concentration, potential impurities and isotopic purity.
Highlights
Over the last decades, analytical quality assurance has gained in importance in many scientific areas, including the analysis of radioactive specimens
This review highlights various dedicated experimental approaches envisaged at the European Commission—Joint Research Centre—Institute for Transuranium Elements to overcome this limitation, mainly focussing on the use of high resolution-inductively coupled plasmaoptical emission spectrometry (HR-inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)) and sector field-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SFICP-MS)
It would be most helpful to compare the analytical results obtained for a particular instrumental technique, e.g. inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), with data from another methodology whose analyte detection is based on a different physical principle, e.g. inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)
Summary
Analytical quality assurance has gained in importance in many scientific areas, including the analysis of radioactive specimens. It would be most helpful to compare the analytical results obtained for a particular instrumental technique, e.g. inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), with data from another methodology whose analyte detection is based on a different physical principle, e.g. inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES).
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