Published 1999 | Version v1
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Estimate of preliminary experiments to study the burn-up of gadolinium as a poison

  • 1. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 2. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, General San Martin (Argentina). Centro Atomico Constituyentes
  • 3. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Ezeiza (Argentina). Centro Atomico Ezeiza

Description

Full text: Proposed preliminary experiments to determine the burn-up of Gd2O3 as a poison in different reactors are discussed. Estimates are given of parameters such as the weight of the sample to be irradiated, irradiation and decay times, expected activity and photon spectrum. 1 g samples of natural UO2 with 8 % of Gd2O3, 3 days irradiation time and 30 days decay time are recommended

Part of:
Nuclear energy and environment: abstracts

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Estimaciones de experimentos preliminares para estudiar el quemado del gadolinio como veneno

Publishing Information

Publisher
AATN
Imprint Place
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Imprint Title
Nuclear energy and environment: abstracts
Imprint Pagination
136 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 23
Report number
INIS-AR-C--035

Conference

Title
25. Annual meeting of the Argentine Association of Nuclear Technology (AANT)
Original Conference Title
AATN '98: 25. Reunion anual de la Asociacion Argentina de Tecnologia Nuclear (AATN)
Acronym
AATN '98
Dates
9-11 Dec 1998
Place
Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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Notes
Imprint:Energia nuclear y medio ambiente: resumenes