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Development of methods for monitoring the quality and certification of standard samples of fissile materials

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A description is given of methods for monitoring the isotopic composition of standard samples of plutonium using a standard neutron field from a BIR-2 nuclear reactor, and of a method for certifying standard samples of uranium using x-ray fluorescence.

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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 65–67, September, 1997.

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Sevast'yanov, V.D., Maslov, G.N. & Permyakov, Y.V. Development of methods for monitoring the quality and certification of standard samples of fissile materials. Meas Tech 40, 912–916 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504501

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