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Nuclear terrorism has led to newer investigative methods for building national nuclear forensic libraries. The objective of this work was to resolve these signatures by applying the ICP-MS for isotope… Click to show full abstract
Nuclear terrorism has led to newer investigative methods for building national nuclear forensic libraries. The objective of this work was to resolve these signatures by applying the ICP-MS for isotope ratio (IR) analysis on uranium containing samples. Lead (Pb) isotope ratios for the studied gold mine has 207Pb/204Pb values between 13–20 and 206Pb/204Pb values ranging from 16–25, which confirm that the Carletonville gold fields are of uraninite detrital pyrite deposits. Trace elemental concentrations indicated a pyrite type of uranium deposit. Uranium in the deposit exhibits geochemical signatures of the radiogenic formations of the ore enhanced in 206Pb.
Journal Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Year Published: 2017
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