Actinides AMS sample processing capability at ANSTO – a tour by poster

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dc.contributor.authorChild, DPen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHotchkis, MACen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T04:12:33Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-07-05T04:12:33Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2021-11-17en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-07-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractDesigning and developing sample processing facilities for processing of samples for actinides analysis poses some unique challenges. Facilities for actinide research need to be tailored to specific application areas, sample composition for each area of research may contain isotopic ratio mixtures and isotopic concentrations incompatible with the sensitivity requirements and background/blank levels of adjacent projects. This is due to the widely varying sample compositions related to the source of the actinides, for example age dating of nuclear materials compared to safeguards analysis of uncontaminated swipe samples. The Actinides AMS capability at ANSTO’s Centre for Accelerator Science is operated by a small research group focussed on providing support for government, academic and industry users, and stakeholder projects. These facilities have been designed with versatility in mind, specialising on provision of high sensitivity analyses for low activity samples and projects to support the greatest breadth of applications. The current range of research applications supported include: Environmental occurrence and distribution of anthropogenic actinides - Actinides bomb pulse dating and tracing – geomorphology - Radioecology - biological uptake of nuclear activities environmental release Non-proliferation and monitoring - Nuclear Safeguards – swipe sample monitoring and wide area environmental sampling - Nuclear Forensics - nuclear material characterisation and dating - Environmental monitoring – emergency response, contamination monitoring, baseline studies Actinides from astrophysical events The Actinides AMS chemistry laboratory has been purpose built for low level environmental actinides sample preparation, in particular for high sensitivity low abundance actinides isotope (²³³U, ²³⁶ U, ²³⁹ Pu, ²⁴ ⁰ Pu, ²⁴ ¹Pu, ²⁴ ⁴ Pu), allowing for segregation of “dirty” operations (unpacking and handling of dried environmental materials) to progressively cleaner environments whilst still allowing for aggressive sample destruction and dissolution. To achieve this a range of specialised sample preparation components and configurations have been employed to allow for a wide range of sample types (swipes/filters, soils/sediments, biota, water, minerals) with elimination of possibility of sample crosstalk, dust and external atmospheric ingress and contamination. This is especially important given the potential for high dynamic ranges of isotopic concentrations between consecutively handled research projects. To support research applications unable to be handled in the AMS Actinides laboratory, partnered facilities with capability to process active materials are utilised to pre-treat samples and deliver subsamples suitable for handling in the low-level AMS laboratories. We present here the methodologies, processes and backgrounds achieved to deliver high sensitivity actinide samples for a range of applications and give the current status of the Actinides AMS capability.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationChild, D., & Hotchkis, M. A. C. (2021). Actinides AMS sample processing capability at ANSTO – a tour by poster. Paper presented to the 15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, ANSTO Sydney, Australia, November 15th – 19th, 2021. (pp. 284). Retrieved from: https://ams15sydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AMS-15-Full-Program-and-Abstract-Book-R-1.pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate19 November 2021en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometryen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceSydney, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate15 November 2021en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination284en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://ams15sydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AMS-15-Full-Program-and-Abstract-Book-R-1.pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/13337en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.subjectActinidesen_AU
dc.subjectMass transferen_AU
dc.subjectANSTOen_AU
dc.subjectIsotopesen_AU
dc.subjectResearch programsen_AU
dc.subjectAge estimationen_AU
dc.subjectRadioecologyen_AU
dc.subjectCrime detectionen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_AU
dc.titleActinides AMS sample processing capability at ANSTO – a tour by posteren_AU
dc.typeConference Posteren_AU
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