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000453944 245__ $$aCharacterization of radioactive particles from the Dounreay nuclear reprocessing facility
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000453944 520__ $$aRadioactive particles originating from nuclear fuel reprocessing at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's Dounreay Facility were inadvertently released to the environment in the late 1950s to 1970s and have subsequently been found on site grounds and local beaches. Previous assessments of risk associated with encountering a particle have been based on conservative assumptions related to particle composition and speciation. To reduce uncertainties associated with environmental impact assessments from Dounreay particles, further characterization is relevant.Results of particles available for this study showed variation between Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) and Materials Test Reactor (MTR) particles, reflecting differences in fuel design, release scenarios, and subsequent environmental influence. Analyses of DFR particles showed they are small (100–300 μm) and contain spatially correlated U and Nb. Molybdenum, part of the DFR fuel, was identified at atomic concentrations below 1%. Based on SR-based micrometer-scale X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure spectroscopy (μ-XANES), U may be present as U(IV), and, based on a measured Nb/U atom ratio of ~2, stoichiometric considerations are commensurable with the presence of UNb$_2$O$_7$. The MTR particles were larger (740–2000 μm) and contained U and Al inhomogeneously distributed. Neodymium (Nd) was identified in atomic concentrations of around 1–2%, suggesting it was part of the fuel design. The presence of U(IV) in MTR particles, as indicated by μ-XANES analysis, may be related to oxidation of particle surfaces, as could be expected due to corrosion of UAl$_x$ fuel particles in air. High $^{235}$U/$^{238}$U atom ratios in individual DFR (3.2 ± 0.8) and MTR (2.6 ± 0.4) particles reflected the presence of highly enriched uranium. The DFR particles featured lower $^{137}$Cs activity levels (2.00–9.58 kBq/particle) than the MTR (43.2–641 kBq $^{137}$Cs/particle) particles. The activities of the dose contributing radionuclides $^{90}$Sr/$^{90}$Y were proportional to $^{137}$Cs ($^{90}$Sr/$^{137}$s activity ratio ≈ 0.8) and particle activities were roughly proportional to the size. Based on direct beta measurements, gamma spectrometry, and the VARSKIN6 model, contact dose rates were calculated to be approximately 74 mGy/h for the highest activity MTR particle, in agreement with previously published estimates.
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