Isotope shift and hyperfine structure of the highly excited atomic uranium

The laser induced fluorescence method using atomic beam combined with Doppler-free two-photon absorption technique was applied for the measurement of isotope shifts and hyperfine structures of atomic uranium including ²³⁴U, ²³⁵U, ²³⁶U and ²³⁸U isotopes. The isotope shifts between ²³⁸U-²³⁴U, ²³⁸U-²³⁵U, ²³⁸U-²³⁶U, and the hyperfine structure of ²³⁵U were obtained in the high lying odd levels around 4 eV. Received 3 December 2001 / Received in final form 4 July 2002 Published online 29 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: oba@analchem.tokai.jaeri.go.jp     

Hyperfine structure and isotope shift measurements on 235U and laser separation of uranium isotopes by two-step photoionization

Two-step photoionization of an atomic beam and quadrupole mass analysis have been used for the precise measurement of the isotope shift between uranium isotopes 235 and 238 and the hyperfine structure of ²³⁵U. For the 5915 Å ground-state transition 15 hfs components were found. The residual atomic beam was isotopically enriched by factors 2.5 and 10 for ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U, respectively.     

激光烧蚀-双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定固体样品中的铀同位素比

以两个二极管激光作为光源 ,采用激光烧蚀 双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定了2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比。实验对用于样品烧蚀的Nd :YAG激光聚焦点位置进行了优化 ,在同时满足一定原子化程度和较高2 3 5U 6 82 6 736nm信背比的原则下 ,选择了聚焦点位置低于样品表面 0 4cm作为分析条件。测量2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比的精密度和准确度分别为 5 %和 2 % ,2 3 5U检测限为 18μg·g-1。结果表明 ,双光束检测法能消除激光烧蚀脉冲间信号波动对测量重现性的影响 ,比早先报道的单光束检测法在精密度和准确度上有了很大的改善     

Isotope shift measurement of high-lying atomic levels by multi-step photoionization

A new technique has been developed to measure isotope shifts of high-lying atomic levels using multi-step photoionization. This technique has been demonstrated with the measurement of isotope shift between²³⁵U and²³⁸U isotopes in the energy level at 34372.992 cm⁻¹. The value of isotope shift thus measured matches well with the value reported in literature.     

荧光法测定镧原子高激发态的超精细结构

在Ｌａ空心阴极灯中，用荧光法测定了二级跃迁（１６８５６ｃｍ＾－１→３４２７２ｃｍ＾－１），（２００８２ｃｍ＾－１→２６８５３ｃｍ＾－１）和（２００８２ｃｍ＾－１→３７５４４ｃｍ＾－１）的超精细结构光谱，得到了３４２７２ｃｍ＾－１，３６８５３ｃｍ＾－１和３７５４４ｃｍ＾－１能级的Ａ常数，这些镧原子高激发态超精细结构数据是首次报道。     

Band Displacement Process with Redox Reactions for Uranium Isotope Separation by Chemical Exchange between U(IV)-Resin and U(VI)-Solution

The extreme limits for ²³⁵U/²³⁸U % at ambiant temperature were determined experimentally with a long time band displacement process (almost 1 year) using the isotope exchange reaction between U(IV)_resin and U(VI)_solution. These limits are 0.738 and 0.712, considering ²³⁵U/²³⁸ = 0.725% for natural uranium. The redox reactions, allowing the band displacement were: 1) in front of the band is the reduction of U(VI) in solution by a cathionic resin in Ti(III)-form; 2) in the tail of the band is the oxydation of U(IV) in resin by a solution containing Fe(III) ions.     

单晶LiNbO3:Mn2+的ESR谱研究

用室温电子自旋共振（ESR）实验研究单晶LiNbO3中Mn2+的精细结构和超精细结构.对ESR谱的分析得出,零磁场的能级分裂数值：自旋角动量能级±12〉与±32〉之间的间隔为Δε1=-587×10-4cm-1,而±32〉与±52〉之间的能级间隔为Δε2=-2633×10-4cm-1；其各向异性朗德因子g∥=21810，g⊥=20937；精细结构常数D=-536×10-4cm-1；超精细结构常数A∥=8836×10-4cm-1，A⊥=8120×10-4cm-1，即精细结构相互作用要比超精细结构相互作用大得多.另外，特别值得提到的是实验中还发现两组明显的禁戒跃迁，-32〉12〉和-12〉52〉. 关键词： 单晶 精细结构 超精细结构 禁戒跃迁     

基体分离/MC-ICP-MS测定树皮表层235U/238U同位素比率

分别从日本广岛和京都采集了香樟树(Cinnamomum camphora)树皮样品共12份,用X射线能谱仪研究了树皮表层基体元素组成,并用扫描电镜观察了树皮表层微观形貌.将树皮表层样品进行干灰化法处理后,采用DOWEX(R)1-X8型阴离子交换树脂分离基体元素,然后用多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP-MS)测定了树皮表层235U/238U同位素比率.研究结果表明:树皮表层主要基体元素为Al,Ca,Fe,K,Mg,Si和C,O,S;采用不同浓度硝酸淋洗DOWEX(R) 1-X8型阴离子交换树脂可实现树皮表层痕量U与基体元素的有效分离.与京都树皮表层相比,广岛树皮表层不仅U含量显著偏高(P=0.012),而且部分样品235U/238U同位素比率亦略高于其自然丰度比.     

Separation of Isotopes of Lithium and Uranium by Electromigration Using Cation-Exchange Membranes

Isotope separation by chromatographic electromigration has been studied for lithium (⁶Li and ⁷Li) and uranium (²³⁵U and ²³⁸U), using cation-exchange membranes as migration media. The membranes were pulled back against the direction of the movement of isotopic cations in a countercurrent manner. In both cases of the elements the lighter isotope, ⁶Li or ²³⁵U, was concentrated at the frontal part of a migration zone; at the extreme front the ⁶Li atom % increased to 16.8% from the original value of 7.5% after 386 cm migration, and the ²³⁵ U atom % rose to 0.743% from the original value of 0.723% after 200 cm migration. Isotope separation coefficients were experimentally determined: ε = (3.7 ± 0.4) μ 10^?3 for lithium isotopes, and two slightly different values ε = (4.9 ± 1.0) μ 10^?5 and (5.4 ± 1.1) μ 10^?5 for uranium isotopes. The steep isotope accumulation was observed in a narrow boundary region. A mathematical expression for the isotope accumulation curve was derived, and the slope of the curve was assessed for each experimental result.     

Odd-even staggering of 235U from the 5027 Å line in U I

We present a new value of the experimental odd-even staggering coefficient for the isotope 235 of U deduced from the 5027 Å line of U I. This result is compared with the value obtained from measured shifts of the 4244 Å line in U II.     

Measurement of the electric hyperfine coupling constant <Emphasis Type="Italic">P/k</Emphasis> in a uranyl rubidium nitrate crystal

New investigations with nuclei oriented in a single-crystal sample of uranyl rubidium nitrate required refining values of the constants that determine the degree of orientation. The results obtained from new measurements of the angular anisotropy of the emission of alpha particles from aligned ²³³U nuclei are presented in this article. A method for experimental-data treatment is described. New values of the hyperfine coupling constants for ²³³U and ²³⁵U are obtained with much smaller uncertainties.     

激光共振电离过程中铅同位素歧视效应研究

以速率方程为基础,通过数值模拟方法,对Pb的激光共振电离通道：“6s26p2 3P0—6s26p7s 3P0₁—电离”的激光诱导同位素歧视效应进行了研究,以探讨减小激光诱导歧视效应,准确测定Pb同位素比值的有效途径。通过考虑激光线型、原子吸收谱线线型、同位素位移及同位素超精细结构等因素的影响,对速率方程进行近似。在近似的速率方程基础上,以“1+1”激光共振电离过程为例,进而探讨激光峰值功率密度、带宽和中心波长对Pb的同位素歧视效应的影响。研究结果表明,利用最佳波长法,可基本消除同位素歧视效应的影响;提高激发光光强可使Pb同位素饱和电离,从而消除同位素歧视效应的影响;采用宽带激光激发,可减小同位素歧视效应的影响。     

Identification of a new isotope154Pr

The heaviest isotope of praseodymium,¹⁵⁴Pr, has been identified for the first time by γ-ray measurements of mass-separated activities obtained from a He-jet type on-line isotope separator for fission products of²³⁵U. The Nd-K X-rays and 10 γ-rays have been assigned to be generated by the β-decay of¹⁵⁴Pr. The half-life has been determined to be 2.3(1) s, which is not far from the theoretical predictions of 1.5 s and 4.0 s.     

利用三能级光谱技术研究^235U的高激发态,超精细结构

本文报道用两台连续激光级联共振的方法,测量了(255)~U的→16900→33625cm~(-1)跃迁的超精细光谱结构,给出了33625cm~(-1)能级的超精细结构常数A、B,从而给出一种测量难熔、有毒金属高激发态能级结构的简单且精确的方法.     

Laser Spectroscopic Investigation of the Element Fermium (Z = 100)

The level scheme and hyperfine structure of the element fermium (Z = 100) has been investigated with the method of resonance ionization spectroscopy in a buffer gas cell. The experiments were carried out on a 46 pg sample of the isotope ²⁵⁵Fm with a half-life time of 20.1 h, produced in the high flux nuclear reactor of the ORNL, Oak Ridge, USA. A wave number scan from 27,100 to 28,400 cm⁻¹ was carried through to search for three levels with large Einstein-coefficients, as predicted by ab initio Multi-Configuration-Dirac-Fock (MCDF) calculations, and five new levels were found. In addition, the two known levels at wave numbers (25,099.8 ± 0.2) and (25,111.8 ± 0.2) cm⁻¹ were studied with a laser band width of 1.5 GHz and hyperfine broadenings were observed.     

Evolution of isotopic composition of reprocessed uranium during the multiple recycling in light water reactors with natural uranium feed

A complex approach based on the consistent modeling of neutron-physics processes and processes of cascade separation of isotopes is applied for analyzing physical problems of the multiple usage of reprocessed uranium in the fuel cycle of light water reactors. A number of scenarios of multiple recycling of reprocessed uranium in light water reactors are considered. In the process, an excess absorption of neutrons by the ²³⁶U isotope is compensated by re-enrichment in the ²³⁵U isotope. Specific consumptions of natural uranium for re-enrichment of the reprocessed uranium depending on the content of the ²³²U isotope are obtained.     

Independent fission yields of short-lived Br and I isotopes in thermal neutron fission of235U

Independent fission yields of^88–91Br and^138–141I produced in thermal neutron fission of²³⁵U were determined at the SOLIS on-line isotope separator. The measurements were made for the first time using a negative surface ionization integrated target-ion source.     

钕离子同位素移位和超精细结构光谱

原子光谱中,同位素移位和超精细结构光谱是少数几个能够将原子物理和原子核物理这两个不同的物理分支联系起来的课题之一.利用共线快离子束-激光光谱学方法测量了单电荷态钕离子4f45d6G3/2→(26041)°5/2跃迁(波长577.21 nm)的共振光谱,得到了所有7个稳定同位素(A=142～146,148,150)之间的能量移位和2个奇同位素(A=143,145)的超精细结构光谱.     

A setup for active neutron analysis of the fissile material content in fuel assemblies of nuclear reactors

An active neutron method for measuring the residual mass of ²³⁵U in spent fuel assemblies (FAs) of the IRT MEPhI research reactor is presented. The special measuring stand design and uniform irradiation of the fuel with neutrons along the entire length of the active part of the FA provide high accuracy of determination of the residual ²³⁵U content. AmLi neutron sources yield a higher effect/background ratio than other types of sources and do not induce the fission of ²³⁸U. The proposed method of transfer of the isotope source in accordance with a given algorithm may be used in experiments where the studied object needs to be irradiated with a uniform fluence.