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Spectroscopic Signatures Of Uranium Speciation For Forensics, Nicholas Wozniak

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Chemical speciation offers opportunities for development of signatures that arise from the production, conversion, and aging processes of nuclear materials. This information has been useful for environmental science and remediation and the ability to measure chemical signatures, from processed materials may be of great use to nuclear forensics. Many nuclear forensics analyses deal with radiochronometry and isotopic analysis, but because processing is chemical in nature, there are opportunities for chemical signatures from the bulk products, reagents, or reaction intermediates to be measured.

Many spectroscopic techniques can be utilized in a remote setting outside of the laboratory, with minimal or no …