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Non-Destructive Fission Gas Release Determination of Irradiated Experimental Fuel Rods Using Gamma Spectrometry

Creators

  • 1. OECD Halden Reactor Project Institutt for Energiteknikk, Halden (Norway)

Description

The trend towards higher burnup of commercial nuclear fuel enhances the fission gas release (FGR) and related phenomena like high burnup rim structure. Rod internal pressure may exceed the reactor system pressure resulting in clad creep-out which can disturb normal reactor operation. A high purity germanium (HPGe) Ortec detector system was utilized for acquisition of gamma photons characterizing disintegration of Cs-137 and Kr-85 fission products in nuclear fuel rods irradiated in the OECD Halden Reactor in Norway. The main purpose of the technique is to estimate the released fission gas krypton and xenon of UO2 and MOX fuel rods without performing destructive puncturing and subsequent mass spectrometer analysis. The gamma spectrometry was performed at the Institute for Energy Technology's hot laboratory at Kjeller located in the Oslo area. (author)

Part of:
Hot Cell Post-Irradiation Examination and Poolside Inspection of Nuclear Fuel. Proceedings of the IAEA-HOTLAB Technical Meeting

Additional details

Identifiers

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

Publishing Information

ISBN
978-92-0-191210-7
Imprint Title
Hot Cell Post-Irradiation Examination and Poolside Inspection of Nuclear Fuel. Proceedings of the IAEA-HOTLAB Technical Meeting
Imprint Pagination
[1 CD-ROM]
Journal Page Range
p. 161-168
ISSN
1684-2073
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC-CD--1693

Conference

Title
IAEA-HOTLAB Technical Meeting on Hot Cell Post-Irradiation Examination and Poolside Inspection of Nuclear Fuel
Dates
23-27 May 2011
Place
Smolenice (Slovakia)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44074192
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; CESIUM 137; CREEP; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FUEL RODS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HBWR REACTOR; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; KRYPTON; KRYPTON 85; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REACTOR OPERATION; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; XENON
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BHWR TYPE REACTORS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLUIDS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; GASES; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OPERATION; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SOLID FUELS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TESTING; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
Figs., 3 refs.