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Burbidge, B.L.H.; Franklin, B.M.; Small, V.G.
UKAEA Atomic Energy Establishment, Winfrith1983
UKAEA Atomic Energy Establishment, Winfrith1983
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[en] This Report describes a series of experiments carried out as a joint UKAEA/CEA/DRAGON project to determine the reactivity changes of low-enrichment particulate fuel samples following their irradiation in the DRAGON reactor to various levels up to approximately 60,000 MWD/Te. The samples are described, together with the method of measurement of reactivity in the Winfrith reactor HECTOR, which was an extension of the well-known Oscillator Technique to yield simultaneously overall reactivity changes and changes in macroscopic absorption cross-sections. Measurements were carried out at room temperature in two reactor spectra; a thermal spectrum and one typical of an HTR type reactor. The resultant reactivity changes are presented together with the relevant sample burn-ups as determined by ß-scanning methods and, in some cases, by rigorous chemical analysis. The results of supporting measurements are also reported, carried out to characterise the neutron spectra in which the oscillator measurements were made and to determine the neutron flux distributions in the HECTOR reactor. (author)
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Jan 1983; 138 p; DP-R--985
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CARBON DIOXIDE COOLED REACTORS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, FUEL ELEMENTS, GAS COOLED REACTORS, GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS, HELIUM COOLED REACTORS, HTGR TYPE REACTORS, IRRADIATION REACTORS, MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS, POWER REACTORS, PULSED REACTORS, RADIATION FLUX, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, RESEARCH REACTORS, SPECTRA, SPECTROSCOPY, THERMAL REACTORS, THORIUM REACTORS
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