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JAEA-IAEA Workshop on Advanced Safeguards Technology for the Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle

13-16 November 2007

Techno Community Square Ricotti Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

The Canadian Safeguards Support Program Sponsored Projects:Update

Rick Kosierb

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Introduction• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)• Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL)• Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Radiometry• Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD)

– UV Zoom Lens

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Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

LASERSpectrometer

Detector

Target

Spectralanalysis

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LIBS (contd)

Zirconium

Iron

Magnesium

Borosilcate

Aluminum 200300

400500

600

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

x 104

Wavelength (nm)

Inte

nsity

(cou

nts)

Spectra for 5 materials

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LIBS (cont’d)

00.1

0.20.3

0.4 -0.2-0.1

00.1

0.20.3

-0.15

-0.1

-0.05

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

PC1PC2

Mg-C8016-13Mg-C7546-94Mg-SMD3-A-150Mg-C7489-114Mg-D1072-70Mg-E1273-74Mg-C7594-71

Fe-1000-1Fe-BS XAAS

Mg-C8209-38

Fe-BS 36CFe-BS 41Fe-BS A-10Fe-BS3993Fe-BS 39BFe-BS 38CFe-BS 33E

Mg-C7639-61

Fe-BS43AFe-BS 35DFe-BS TH11Fe-BSSS4952Fe-BS TH12Fe-BS TS7Fe-BS 49Fe-BS 9-4-30Fe-BS 37DFe-BS940Fe-BS 34D

Mg-C7643-60

Fe-BS TM1Fe-HS11706-5Fe-BS 30CFe-13X14934Fe-IARM99BFe-BS161AFe-ECRM285-2Fe-BS 179AFe-BS 32CFe-SS482-1Fe-BS17AFe-BS 181A

Mg-C3681D-132

Fe-BS 10V

Mg-C3731D-53Mg-C8205-80

BSi-93a

Mg-D3738-83

Zr-121P Zr 30BSi-1411

Al-A380.2ABAl-8006AEAl-3003AGPC

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Al-1200AGAl-HPFGAl-2024ACAl-3562AHAl-6111AEAl-6063AVAl-6061AJAl-3104AGAl-4104ACAl-7010AAAl-5052AIAl-5754ACAl-7075ABAl-5182AP

Clustering of the LIBS Spectra using ChemometricsClass 1: Iron & Steel, Class 2: Zirconium, Class 3: Aluminium, Class 4 Borosilicate, Class 5: Magnesium

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LIBS (contd)• IAEA Benefits

– no sample preparation– analyze any form (gas, liquid, solid)– no physical contact with sample (hostile environments)– results in seconds/minutes– can identify molecular structures– little training

• Next Phase– miniaturization– reference library/database

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Optical Stimulated Luminescence (OSL)

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OSL (cont’d)

100 101 102 103

Salt1

Detergent1-5

Concrete50-100

Ceramic Tile100-500

Brick750

Clay Pot500

Cell Phone Part750-1000

Drywall1500

Sand500-750

mGys

Sensitivity of OSL Emitters

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OSL (cont’d)OSL signals measured before and after 30 and 60 second contact

exposures to a 10 mCi Strontium-90 source.

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• IAEA Benefits– little sample preparation– results in seconds/minutes– little training– foresenic capability

• Next Phase– miniaturization– reference library/database

OSL (cont’d)

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Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Radiometry

Target FOV

Cloud

• Double input-beam FTIR • Spectral Band: 7 - 14 µm • MCT Detector• Spectral resol’n: 1 - 64 cm-1

• 4-in telescopes• FOV (8 mrad)

Ref FOV

Compact ATmospheric Sounding Interferometer

0

2 10 -6

4 10 -6

6 10 -6

0

2 10 -6

4 10 -6

6 10 -6

700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300

Wavenumber (cm -1 )

Lgas

Lclear

Lδ

Slant Path

Direct analysis

Differential

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FTIR (cont’d)

Wavenumber (cm-1)500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8CsISrOI2O5 La2O3

U3O8

Co2O3 CoO

UO2

UO3

Ref

lect

ance

(1 -

emis

sivi

ty)

20.0 10.0 5.0 2.5Wavelength (μm)

IR Absorption Signatures of Radiological Products

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FTIR (cont’d)Airborne Detection of CoO @ 1km

800 900 1000 1100 1200 13000.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

AirborneGround-basedSimulated CoOOzone

Diff

eren

tial R

adia

nce

(arb

. uni

ts)

W avenumber (cm -1)

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FTIR (cont’d)• IAEA Benefits

– standoff detection– results in seconds/minutes– little training

• Next Phase– miniaturization– reference library/database

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DCVD UV Zoom Lens

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UV Zoom Lens (cont’d)

Field of views of a 40910 MWd/t U, 6 year cooled BWR spent fuel assemblyusing (A) 80 and (B) 105 mm focal lengths

A) B)

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UV Zoom Lens (cont’d)

Image details of a 1180 MWd/t U , 36 year cooled Ǻgesta spent fuel assemblyusing the (A) the 250 mm lens and the UV Zoom lens at

(B) 200 mm and (C) 80 mm focal lengths.

A) B) C)

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UV Zoom Lens (cont’d)• IAEA Benefits

– easy of use– quick alignment tool– reduction of components– no activities over the pool – a producible lens

• Next Phase– identification and quantifying spent fuel partial defects

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Acknowledgements

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