Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper describes the production and certification of a new plutonium (Pu) metal reference material called MP4. The material’s certification was carried out through an interlaboratory comparison (ILC) involving eight expert laboratories. By performing extensive data analysis on the ILC’s results it was possible to establish the certified reference values for several quantities such as the Pu isotopic abundance and the Pu mass fraction. Thanks to its comprehensive set of certified values and its reduced mass compared to MP2, MP4 constitutes a novel and rare standard for Pu fissile material accountancy and nuclear safeguards activities.
Authors: Sébastien Picart, Marielle Crozet, Giacomo Canciani, Ygor Davrain, Caroline Bertorello, Danièle Cardona, Guillaume Legay, Guillaume Bailly, David Bauduret, Nelly Caussignac, Céline Zeleny, Alexandre Quemet, Sarah Baghdadi, Christophe Maillard, Vincent Dalier, Anne Boyer, Laure Montreuil, Steve Jan, Sébastien Mialle, Céline Cruchet, Hélène Isnard, Wilfried Pacquentin, Franck Doreau, Paul Estevenon, Julie Lorino, Loic Picard, Stephan Richter, Yetunde Aregbe, Ana-Maria Sanchez Hernandez, Hélène Schorle, Evelyn Zuleger, Razvan Buda, Urska Repinc, Markus Kohl, Joe Hiess, Georges Duhamel, Mika Sumi, Danièle Roudil, Cédric Rivier
Institutions: Université de Montpellier, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut des Sciences et technologies pour une Economie Circulaire des énergies bas carbone, CEA Valduc, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut des Sciences Appliquées et de la Simulation pour les énergies bas carbone, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Joint Research Centre, Joint Research Centre, International Atomic Energy Agency
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,790
OpenAlex ID: W4409814669