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Zr precipitation kinetics in irradiated fuel dissolution solution by TIMS and ICP-MS: a combined study

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This study presents the combined analysis of leftover zirconium in irradiated fuel dissolution solution through time. Thermo-ionisation mass spectrometry was used to analyse the kinetics start and final aliquots with uncertainties lower than 3%, while inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used for intermediary aliquots. In order to obtain low uncertainties using ICP-MS, dissolution solutions were spiked with lutetium, used as a process tracer, in order to perform a relative analysis. The analytical parameters were optimised and uncertainties were lower than 3% for real nuclear samples. This method shows the input of ICP-MS for concentration evolutions determination.

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The authors would like to thank Dr Pascal Fichet (DEN/DANS/DPC/SEARS/LASE) for computation files, Ms Valérie Boyer-Delys (DMRC/SA2I/L2AT) for her help.

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    Sarah Baghdadi, Alexandre Quémet, Eric Esbelin, Yohann Manidren, Sophie Gracia, Vincent Dalier, Rémi Poinsignon-Jacquemin, Laurent Huyghe, Emilie Buravand, Jean-Luc Dautheribes & Cédric Rivier

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Baghdadi, S., Quémet, A., Esbelin, E. et al. Zr precipitation kinetics in irradiated fuel dissolution solution by TIMS and ICP-MS: a combined study. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 2377–2382 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5602-6

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