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[en] Fuel element burn-up has been measured for the first time by reactivity method in a MTR reactor. The measurement was performed in RP-10 reactor of Peruvian Institute for Nuclear Energy (IPEN) in Lima. It is a pool type 10MW material testing reactor using standard 20% enriched uranium plate type fuel elements. A fresh element and an element with well defined burn-up were selected as reference elements. Several elements in the core were selected for burn-up measurement. Each of them was replaced in its original position by both reference elements. Change in excess reactivity was measured using control rod calibration curve. The burn-up reactivity worth of fuel elements was plotted as a function of their calculated burnup. Corrected burn-up values of the measured fuel elements were calculated using the fitting function at experimental reactivity for all elements. Good agreement between measured and calculated burn-up values was observed indicating that the reactivity method can be successfully applied also to MTR fuel element burn-up determination.(author)
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Jencic, I.; Glumac, B. (Nuclear Society of Slovenia (Slovenia)) (eds.); Nuclear Society of Slovenia, Ljubljana (Slovenia). Funding organisation: Inst. Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana (Slovenia); European Nuclear Society, Brussels (Belgium); Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Agency for Radwaste Management, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia); Graduate Program Nucelar Engineering, Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia); Inst. of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana (Slovenia); The Inst. of Metal Constructions, Ljubljana (Slovenia); The Milan Vidmar Electroinstitute, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Welding Inst., Ljubljana (Slovenia); NPP Krsko (Slovenia); Framatome, Paris (France); Westinghouse Electric Systems Europe S.A., Brussels (BE); Elmont d.o.o., Krsko (Slovenia); Inetec, Zagreb (Croatia); NUMIP d.o.o, Krsko (Slovenia); Q Techna d.o.o., Krsko (Slovenia); SIAP d.o.o., Krsko (Slovenia); 97.2 Megabytes; ISBN 961-6207-17-2; 
; 2001; [7 p.]; International Conference Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001; Portoroz (Slovenia); 10-13 Sep 2001; Also available from Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Zelezna cesta 16, Ljubljana (SI) or Nuclear Society of Slovenia, Jamova 39, Ljubljana (Slovenia); 3 refs., 4 tabs., 2 figs.
; 2001; [7 p.]; International Conference Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001; Portoroz (Slovenia); 10-13 Sep 2001; Also available from Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Zelezna cesta 16, Ljubljana (SI) or Nuclear Society of Slovenia, Jamova 39, Ljubljana (Slovenia); 3 refs., 4 tabs., 2 figs.