239Pu活度绝对测量方法研究

Research on the Absolute Activity Measurement Method for 239Pu

  • 摘要: 为实现239Pu活度的绝对测量,提出一种联用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)与液体闪烁计数(LSC)的方法。利用液体闪烁计数器的三管符合(TDCR)模式测定样品总α活度,由ICP-MS给出239Pu与240Pu原子数比,结合衰变常数计算239Pu活度。实验优化了样品稀释条件,确定硝酸浓度为0.6~0.8 mol/L时可有效抑制钚的壁吸附与淬灭。脉冲形状甄别参数(PLI)设为14以实现α/β准确区分,对一简单钚溶液进行测定,总α比活度测量重复性为0.49%,7 d观测期内保持稳定。239Pu比活度为184.47 Bq/g,占α总活度的93.11%,测量相对扩展不确定度为1.4%(k=2),主要分量来自样品称量、符合分辨时间和同位素原子比。该方法不依赖标准溶液进行效率刻度,属于绝对测量范畴。本研究验证了该方法对简单钚溶液的适用性,可为核材料衡算与核保障监督提供计量技术支持。

     

    Abstract: To achieve the absolute measurement of 239Pu activity, a method combining inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) with liquid scintillation counting (LSC) was proposed. The total α activity of the sample was measured using the triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) mode of a liquid scintillation counter, and the atomic ratio of 239Pu to 240Pu was determined by ICP-MS. The activity of 239Pu was then calculated using the decay constants. The nitric acid concentration for sample dilution was optimized to be 0.6-0.8 mol·L−1 to suppress quenching and adsorption. The pulse level index (PLI) was set to 14. A plutonium solution was measured, and the repeatability of the total α specific activity measurement was 0.49%, remaining stable over a seven-day observation period. The specific activity of 239Pu was 184.47 Bq/g, accounting for 93.11% of the total α activity. The relative expanded uncertainty of the measurement was 1.4% (k=2), with major contributions from the sample weighing, coincidence resolving time, and isotopic ratio measurement. This method does not require standard solutions for efficiency calibration and is essentially an absolute measurement. The applicability of this method to simple plutonium solutions has been validated, providing metrological technical support for nuclear material accounting and nuclear safeguards.

     

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