A comparison of gamma spectra from trinitite versus irradiated synthetic nuclear melt glass

作者：Cook Matthew T^*; Auxier John D II; Giminaro Andrew V; Molgaard Joshua J; Knowles Justin R; Hall Howard L

来源：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2016, 307(1): 259-267.

DOI：10.1007/s10967-015-4266-3

• Debris
• Nuclear weapons
• Nuclear forensics
• Trinitite
• Melt glass
• Gamma spectroscopy

The development of realistic nuclear melt glass surrogates is important to the nuclear forensics community in order to establish analytical protocols for post-detonation analysis. In addition to creating surrogates that are accurate with regard to physical morphology and chemical composition, it is important to develop surrogates that also have similar radiological characteristics. A synthetic melt glass sample was irradiated at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This sample was counted twice using a semiconductor radiation detector to capture both fission-product signatures as well as those from neutron activation. A qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed to make recommendations for the next irradiation campaign.

• 出版日期2016-1