Published July 1976 | Version v1
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Application of alpha spectrometry to the analysis of the isotopic composition of fuel elements

Creators

  • 1. Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Atomnoj Ehnergii

Description

A semiconductor alpha spectrometer and a magnetic alpha spectrometer (with position-controlled compiler transmitter) were used to determine the percentage of plutonium isotopes in fuel element sample removed from a OP-5 assembly of the WWER type reactor of the first unit of the Novo Voronezh nuclear power station. The experiment showed that the combination of the two methods renders possible the analysis of the isotopic composition of plutonium in 235U fuel of power reactors with sufficient accuracy. (author)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
О возможности применения методов альфа-спектрометрии для анализа изотопного состава плутония в твэлах

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Isotopenpraxis
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
7/8
Series
Isotopenpraxis.
Journal Page Range
271-276

INIS

Country of Publication
German Democratic Republic
Country of Input or Organization
German Democratic Republic
INIS RN
8285947
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ALPHA SPECTROMETERS; ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL ELEMENTS; ISOTOPE RATIO; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM 235; WWER TYPE REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUELS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES