1 Scope
This document specifies an analytical method for determining the neptunium concentration
by spectrophotometry, with spectrophotometer implemented in hot cell or glove box
allowing the analysis of high activity solutions, with a standard uncertainty, with
coverage factor k = 1 of about 5 %, in nitric acid solutions after the dissolution of nuclear reactor
irradiated fuels, at different steps of the process in a nuclear fuel reprocessing
plant or in other nuclear facilities. The method is applicable to sample from the
process containing a concentration of neptunium between 10 mg·l-1 and 400 mg·l-1 and uranium concentrations of up to 300 g·l-1.