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Contribution of bulk mass spectrometry isotopic analysis to characterization of materials in the framework of CMX-4

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Seven laboratories used the results of bulk uranium isotopic analysis by either inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) or thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) for characterization of the samples in the Nuclear Forensic International Technical Working Group fourth international collaborative material exercise, CMX-4. Comparison of the measured isotopic compositions of uranium in three exercise samples is implemented for identifying any differences or similarities between the samples. The role of isotopic analyses in the context of a real nuclear forensic investigation is discussed. Several limitations in carrying out ICP-MS or TIMS analysis in CMX-4 are noted.

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  1. Laboratory for Microparticle Analysis, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya, 25, Moscow, Russia, 117218

    A. Kuchkin, V. Stebelkov & K. Zhizhin

  2. Radiochemistry Munich, Technical University of Munich, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    Ch. Lierse von Gostomski & Ch. Kardinal

  3. DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore City, Singapore

    A. H. J. Tan & B. K. Pong

  4. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee, NSW, 2232, Australia

    E. Loi & E. Keegan

  5. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PO Box 808, Livermore, CA, 94551-0808, USA

    Michael J. Kristo

  6. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalkriver, ON, K0J1J0, Canada

    M. Totland & I. Dimayuga

  7. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, PO Box 2340, 76125, Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. Wallenius

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Kuchkin, A., Stebelkov, V., Zhizhin, K. et al. Contribution of bulk mass spectrometry isotopic analysis to characterization of materials in the framework of CMX-4. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 315, 435–441 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5681-4

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