Published 1999 | Version v1
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Determination of burnup grade of fuel plates by gamma spectrometry

Creators

  • 1. Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil). Div. de Engenharia do Nucleo

Description

This work describes absolute burnup measurements on spent MTR fuel elements by means of non-destructive gamma-ray spectroscopy which correlates activities of radioactive fission products with the fissioned mass of 235 U. Experiments based on such method were performed at the storage pool area of the IEA-R1 research reactor. The obtained results were compared with calculational ones based on neutronics. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the library of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Rio de Janeiro

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Portuguese)
Determinacao do grau de queima em elementos combustiveis tipo placa por meio de espectrometria gama

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.

Conference

Title
7. General congress on nuclear energy
Original Conference Title
7. Congresso geral de energia nuclear
Dates
31 Aug - 3 Sep 1999
Place
Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
30041775
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL PLATES; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; IEAR-1 REACTOR; IRRADIATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
7 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.; e-mail: laaterre at net.ipen.br