Development of a standardless miniature XRF system for the analysis of actinides coupling MC modelling and fundamental parameters

T. Sokoltsova (1) , E. Esbelin (1) , M.-C. Lepy (2)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
2 Université Paris-Saclay

Most of XRF devices all over the world use FP (fundamental parameters) algorithm that is a standardless approach. But for a singular device, such as the CBA XRF spectrometer focused on the analysis of actinide XL-lines by using a graphite monochromator, the use of FP algorithm is not possible as mentioned in, and a semi-empirical approach is still in use. This algorithm necessitates the preparation of many standards and a calibration process which is time consuming. A similar miniaturized XRF device has been developed. This system is a prototype dedicated to R&D experiments. The main goal of this new device is to be focused on standardless approach for quantitative XRF analysis.

Keywords: XRF; monochromator; diffraction; actinide

Domains: Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Physics [physics]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

T. Sokoltsova, E. Esbelin, M.-C. Lepy. Development of a standardless miniature XRF system for the analysis of actinides coupling MC modelling and fundamental parameters. Journées Scientifiques de Marcoule 2018, Jun 2018, Bagnols Sur Ceze, France. ⟨cea-02338632⟩