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The University of Tennessee formed its Radiochemistry Center of Excellence (RCoE) in 2013 with support from the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration. One of the major thrusts of the RCoE is to develop deeper understanding of rapid methods for radiochemical separations that are relevant to both general radiochemical analyses as well as post-detonation nuclear forensics. Early work has included the development and demonstration of rapid separations of lanthanide elements in the gas phase, development of a gas-phase separation front-end for ICP-TOF-MS analysis, and the development of realistic analytical surrogates for post-detonation debris to support methods development.
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This work was performed in part under grant number DE-NA0001983 from the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Their support is gratefully acknowledged.
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Hall, H.L., Auxier, J.D. Exploring rapid radiochemical separations at the University of Tennessee Radiochemistry Center of Excellence. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 1723–1727 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4570-y
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