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The Role of SCK-CEN in Product Qualification of MOX-Fuel

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Accurate and reliable analysis of the nuclear fuel composition, the identification and quantification of trace impurities, and microstructural characterisation are essential requirements for the qualification of nuclear fuel production and for solving fuel manufacturers' problems. SCK-CEN has over 20 years' experience in this field and provides analytical services for the characterization of fresh and spent experimental and commercial nuclear fuels. A significant part of the qualification of mixed oxide (MOX) fuels produced at the Belgonucleaire MOX plant situated at Dessel in Belgium was performed in our laboratories.The main objective is to provide analytical methodologies allowing the validation of nuclear fuels and the study of parameters that are essential for the safe handling of the fuel before, during and after burning in power reactors of various types

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Scientific Report 2006

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Belgian Nuclear Research Center SCK-CEN
Imprint Place
Mol (Belgium)
Imprint Title
Scientific Report 2006
Imprint Pagination
146 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 55-56
Report number
INIS-BE--0011

INIS

Country of Publication
Belgium
Country of Input or Organization
Belgium
INIS RN
38105169
Subject category
S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
BELGIUM; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; PROGRESS REPORT; RADIOCHEMISTRY
Descriptors DEC
CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SOLID FUELS; WESTERN EUROPE

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The abstract is a contribution to the 2006 Scientific Report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK-CEN