Simultaneous Detection of Uranium Isotopes, Fluorine Advances Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring

Credit: Benjamin Manard and Jacquelyn DeMink/ ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL’s tandem technologies detect fluorine and isotopes of uranium at the same time to discern the fingerprint of a nuclear material made for fuel or weaponry.

« Simultaneous Detection of Uranium Isotopes, Fluorine Advances Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring

Credit: Benjamin Manard and Jacquelyn DeMink/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Laser-energized particles, depicted in green, travel to an ICP-MS instrument for isotopic analysis. Simultaneously, photons enter a LIBS system for elemental identification.

« Simultaneous Detection of Uranium Isotopes, Fluorine Advances Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring

Credit: Jaimee Janiga/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Shark teeth, rich in fluorine, were the first objects that ORNL scientists studied with their LIBS system, which can identify electronegative elements.

« Simultaneous Detection of Uranium Isotopes, Fluorine Advances Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring

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