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Ruddy, F.H.; Roberts, J.H.; Gold, R.; Preston, C.C.
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)1984
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)1984
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[en] Solid-State Track Recorder (SSTR) measurements of neutron-induced fission rates have been made in several pressure vessel mockup facilities as part of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Light Water Reactor Pressure Vessel Surveillance Dosimetry Improvement Program (LWR-PV-SDIP). The results of extensive physics-dosimetry measurements made at the Pool Critical Assembly (PCA) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, TN are summarized. Included are 235U, 238U, 237Np and 232Th fission rates in the PCA 12/13, 8/7, and 4/12 SSC configurations. Additional low power measurements have been made in an engineering mockup at the VENUS critical assembly at CEN-SCK, Mol, Belgium. 237Np and 238U fission rates were made at selected locations in the VENUS mockup, which models the in-core and near-core regions of a pressurized water reactor (PWR). Absolute core power measurements were made at VENUS by exposing solid-state track recorders (SSTRs) to polished fuel pellets within in-core fuel pins. 8 references, 4 figures, 10 tables
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Sep 1984; 15 p; 5. ASTM-Euratom symposium on reactor dosimetry; Geesthacht (Germany, F.R.); 24-28 Sep 1984; CONF-840902--14; Available from NTIS, PC A 02/MF A01; 1 as DE85001060
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DIELECTRIC TRACK DETECTORS, FISSION FRAGMENTS, FISSION PRODUCTS, IN CORE INSTRUMENTS, NEPTUNIUM 237, NEUTRON DOSIMETRY, ORNL-PCA REACTOR, PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS, PRESSURE VESSELS, PWR TYPE REACTORS, REACTION KINETICS, REACTOR CORES, SIMULATION, THORIUM 232, URANIUM 235, URANIUM 238, VENUS REACTOR
ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CONTAINERS, DOSIMETRY, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, HEAVY NUCLEI, HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS, HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, KINETICS, MATERIALS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES, NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, POWER REACTORS, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATION EFFECTS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, TANK TYPE REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, THORIUM ISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ZERO POWER REACTORS
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