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Gold, R.; Roberts, J.H.; Ruddy, F.H.; Preston, C.C.; McElroy, W.N.; Rao, S.V.; Greenborg, J.; Fricke, V.R.
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA); General Public Utilities Nuclear Corp., Middletown, PA (USA); Burns and Roe, Inc., Middletown, PA (USA)1985
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA); General Public Utilities Nuclear Corp., Middletown, PA (USA); Burns and Roe, Inc., Middletown, PA (USA)1985
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[en] Solid-state track recorder (SSTR) neutron dosimetry has been conducted in the Three-Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor cavity (i.e., the annular gap between the pressure vessel and the biological shield) for nondestructive assessment of the fuel distribution. Two axial stringers were deployed in the annular gap with 17 SSTR dosimeters located on each stringer. SSTR experimental results reveal that neutron streaming, upward from the bottom of the reactor cavity region, dominates the observed neutron intensity. These absolute thermal neutron flux observations are consistent with the presence of a significant amount of fuel debris lying at the bottom of the reactor vessel. A conservative lower bound estimated from these SSTR data implies that at least 2 tonnes of fuel, which is roughly 4 fuel assemblies, is lying at the bottom of the vessel. The existence of significant neutron streaming also explains the high count rate observed with the source range monitors (SRMs) that are located in the TMI-2 reactor cavity
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1985; 5 p; 13. international conference on solid state nuclear track detectors; Rome (Italy); 23-27 Sep 1985; CONF-850933--1; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 as DE85018470
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