Beneficiary Organizations Details
- Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA)
www.haea.gov.hu
- Institute of Isotope and Surface Chemistry (IISC)
www.iki.kfki.hu
Project Aims
The purpose of the project was to extend analytical capabilities at the Institute of Isotope and Surface Chemistry by advanced Destructive Analysis (DA) techniques to ensure prompt and authentic response to the very special needs arising from illicit trafficking of nuclear material and environmental monitoring.
Hungary intended to upgrade its analytical capabilities to be used for the following purposes:

• to identify and analyse illicitly trafficked nuclear material .
• to identify and analyse nuclear material accidentally found.
• to analyse safeguards samples (e.g. swipes).
• to analyse environmental samples (water, air, soil, biota, etc.).

Project Results
It was recognised that a complete physical and chemical characterisation of the material would need the application of various analytical techniques, such as mass spectrometry, alpha spectrometry, XRF, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, etc.
It seemed to be the most efficient and effective step to install a powerful (highresolution) mass spectrometer (MS) in the IISC. This instrument would be the central or basic tool of the analytical laboratory because of its wide application range and high resolution in elemental and isotope ratio measurements. An important aspect of the resolution requirement was that it was essential to resolve interfering components.
Results obtained in the project were:

• Mass spectrometry capability for the analysis of nuclear material of unknown origin and environmental samples implemented at the IISC.
• A high resolution MS, an ICP-magnetic sector type instrument installed.

The budget for this project was: 598 352 euro. Instruments have been delivered to the beneficiary.
The mass spectrometer was delivered to the IISC on 23 December 2004.
Further Project Results
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