Under-reactor Room 305/2 of the unit 4 of Chernobyl 1 NPP: its state, fuel quantity evaluation

The question of the quantity of the used up nuclear fuel in the under-reactor room is discussed. These are given the results of direct visual observation, TV-records and photographing in this room and their connection with the date of chemical analysis of core samples and dose rate measurement. On the basis of these results the detailed model of relative petitioning of the main elements in the volume space of the former active zone of the reactor is developed. The minimum quantity evaluation of nuclear fuel in the room 305/2 is given. 10 refs., 1 tab., 2 figs