Measurement Of The Natural Cl-36 And U-236 In Uranium Mineral With Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

The concentration of the natural ultra-trace radionuclides Cl-36 and U-236 in the uranium depended on the neutron flux. In this article, a method for measuring Cl-36 and U-236 in the same uranium mineral with accelerator mass spectrometry was developed in China Institute of Atomic Energy, providing a protocol of the potential application of (236)u in uranium mining, environmental, and geological research. The two samples were from Guangxi and Shanxi province, China, and their ratios Cl-36/Cl and U-236/U-238 were measured. More experimental data conduced to understand the natural nuclides in the uranium mineral. We plan to conduct more efforts on the research.