Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U
HyperGam-U was recently developed to determine uranium enrichment based on γ- and X-ray spectroscopy analysis. The XKα region of the uranium spectrum contains 13 peaks for 235U and 238U and is used mainly for analysis. To describe the X-ray peaks, a Lorentzian broadened shape function was used, and...
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| description | HyperGam-U was recently developed to determine uranium enrichment based on γ- and X-ray spectroscopy analysis. The XKα region of the uranium spectrum contains 13 peaks for 235U and 238U and is used mainly for analysis. To describe the X-ray peaks, a Lorentzian broadened shape function was used, and methods were developed to reduce the number of fitting parameters for decomposing the strongly overlapping peaks using channel-energy, energy-width, and energy-efficiency calibration functions. For validation, eight certified reference material uranium samples covering uranium enrichments from 1% to 99% were measured using a high-resolution planar high-purity germanium detector and analyzed using the HyperGam-U code. When corrections for the attenuation and true coincidence summing were performed for the detection geometry in this experiment, the goodness of fit was improved by a few percent. The enrichment bias in this study did not exceed 2% compared with the certified values for all measured samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db6b42e238d64ba78a43844f35a4b61c2022-12-21T18:49:31ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332016-06-0148377878410.1016/j.net.2016.01.019Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-UJunhyuck Kim0Hee-Dong Choi1Jongho Park2Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of KoreaNuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 989 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34057, Republic of KoreaHyperGam-U was recently developed to determine uranium enrichment based on γ- and X-ray spectroscopy analysis. The XKα region of the uranium spectrum contains 13 peaks for 235U and 238U and is used mainly for analysis. To describe the X-ray peaks, a Lorentzian broadened shape function was used, and methods were developed to reduce the number of fitting parameters for decomposing the strongly overlapping peaks using channel-energy, energy-width, and energy-efficiency calibration functions. For validation, eight certified reference material uranium samples covering uranium enrichments from 1% to 99% were measured using a high-resolution planar high-purity germanium detector and analyzed using the HyperGam-U code. When corrections for the attenuation and true coincidence summing were performed for the detection geometry in this experiment, the goodness of fit was improved by a few percent. The enrichment bias in this study did not exceed 2% compared with the certified values for all measured samples.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573316000620Attenuation CorrectionEnrichmentγ- and X-ray SpectroscopyHyperGam-UTrue Coincidence Summing CorrectionUranium |
| spellingShingle | Junhyuck Kim Hee-Dong Choi Jongho Park Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U Nuclear Engineering and Technology Attenuation Correction Enrichment γ- and X-ray Spectroscopy HyperGam-U True Coincidence Summing Correction Uranium |
| title | Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U |
| title_full | Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U |
| title_fullStr | Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U |
| title_short | Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U |
| title_sort | uranium enrichment determination using a new analysis code for the u xkα region hypergam u |
| topic | Attenuation Correction Enrichment γ- and X-ray Spectroscopy HyperGam-U True Coincidence Summing Correction Uranium |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573316000620 |
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