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Development of a Mobile CZT Detector System for Burnup Measurement of Spent Fuel Assembly and On-Site Application

Creators

  • 1. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

Description

The advantages of mobile CdZnTe (CZT) detector for nuclear safeguard applications of spent fuel burnup inspection in assembly storage pond are compactness, low cost and ease of operations. In this work, a mobile detection system shield with tungsten alloy was designed and then performed on-site. Net count rate of the 662 keV line of 137Cs was produced linearly with burnup as experimental data simulations shows, in which the deviation from linearity is smaller than 9%. As a result, the feasibility of the method using CZT detector to monitor spent nuclear fuel assembly burnup in a fuel pond was validated. The results calculated with Monte Carlo procedure Geant4 can provide a theoretical guide for the further burnup measurement. (author)

Part of:
Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios (FR13). COMPANION CD-ROM. Proceedings of an International Conference

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.iaea.org/books;

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
ISBN
978-92-0-104114-2
Imprint Title
Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios (FR13). COMPANION CD-ROM. Proceedings of an International Conference
Imprint Pagination
[1 CD-ROM]
Series
Proceedings Series
Journal Page Range
4 p.
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios
Acronym
FR13
Dates
4-7 Mar 2013
Place
Paris (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46091052
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; CESIUM 137; COUNTING RATES; DESIGN; DETECTION; INSPECTION; KEV RANGE 100-1000; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SAFEGUARDS; SHIELDS; SIMULATION; SPENT FUELS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALCULATION METHODS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KEV RANGE; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Notes
4 refs., 1 figs.
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--199/182