Uranium and Plutonium Detection
Uranium Energy Spectra
Below are Uranium spectra taken with Amptek XR-100 Detectors. The spectra show the differences between 95% and 97% enriched levels of Uranium-235, natural Uranium Ore, and Depleted Uranium.





Plutonium Energy Spectrum
Below is a 94% Enriched Plutonium-239 Spectrum taken with an Amptek CZT Detector.
Other Reference
"Use of miniature CdZnTe X/gamma detector in nuclear safegaurds: characterisation of
spent nuclear fuel and uranium enrichment determination."
K.Abbas (a), J. Morel (b), M. Etcheverry (b), G. Nicolaou (a)
(a) European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements Postfach 2340,
D-76125 Karlruhe, Germany
(b) Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, CE-Saclay B.P. 52,F-91193 Gif-sur-Yvette
Cedex, France
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 405, p.153-158, 1998.
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