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- Title
The urgent requirement for new radioanalytical certified reference materials for nuclear safeguards, forensics, and consequence management.
- Authors
Inn, Kenneth; Johnson, C.; Oldham, Warren; Jerome, Simon; Tandon, Lav; Schaaff, Thomas; Jones, Robert; Mackney, Daniel; MacKill, Pam; Palmer, Brett; Smith, Donna; LaMont, Stephen; Griggs, John
- Abstract
A multi-agency workshop was held from 25 to 27 August 2009, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to identify and prioritize the development of radioanalytical Certified Reference Materials (CRMs, generally provided by National Metrology Institutes; Standard Reference Materials, a CRM issued by NIST) for field and laboratory nuclear measurement methods to be used to assess the consequences of a domestic or international nuclear event. Without these CRMs, policy makers concerned with detecting proliferation and trafficking of nuclear materials, attribution and retribution following a nuclear event, and public health consequences of a nuclear event would have difficulty making decisions based on analytical data that would stand up to scientific, public, and judicial scrutiny. The workshop concentrated on three areas: post-incident Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) nuclear forensics, safeguard materials characterization, and consequence management for an IND or a Radiological Dispersion Device detonation scenario. The workshop identified specific CRM requirements to fulfill the needs for these three measurement communities. Of highest priority are: (1) isotope dilution mass spectrometry standards, specifically U, Np, Pu, and Am, used for quantitative analysis of the respective elements that are in critically short supply and in urgent need of replenishment and certification; (2) CRMs that are urgently needed for post-detonation debris analysis of actinides and fission fragments, and (3) CRMs used for destructive and nondestructive analyses for safeguards measurements, and radioisotopes of interest in environmental matrices.
- Subjects
RADIOACTIVE substances; RADIOACTIVE substance safety measures; FORENSIC sciences; NATIONAL Institute of Standards &; Technology (U.S.); RADIOISOTOPES; PUBLIC health; FISSION products
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2013, Vol 296, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-012-1972-y