Abstract:
The determination of uranium isotope abundance is the important analysis item in nuclear fuel cycle. Based on neutron activation analysis, a new method was presented for determination of uranium isotope abundance by fission induced by fast neutron generated by T(d, n)
4He. The exponential relation between different abundances of
235U and the averaged fission yields ratio of special fission production was used in this method. Through a series of experiments, the working curve selected the relationships between abundances and the ratios of fission yields (〖AKY-〗(
92Sr)/〖AKY-〗(
105Ru), 〖AKY-〗(
92Sr)/〖AKY-〗(
135I)). The simulation samples were measured. The relative deviations are 0.8% and 1.8% respectively, RSD is excelled 3%, and the result is coincident with that of γ spectrometry method.