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Oliveira, Carlos A. da S.; Junqueira, Fabio da S.
Associação Brasileira de Energia Nuclear (ABEN), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)2017
Associação Brasileira de Energia Nuclear (ABEN), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)2017
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[en] The fuel rod, composed of a cladding responsible for storing UO2 pellets, is an indispensable component for the composition of the mentioned fuel assembly, a metallic structure that is installed inside nuclear reactors for the purpose of generating energy. With the change of the technology of fuel elements of the Angra-1 plant, it was necessary to install a new equipment in the Nuclear Fuel Plant of INB in Resende / RJ. This new equipment, called Rod Scanner, is responsible for inspecting, through non-destructive tests, the internal structure of the fuel rod. Such inspection is the measurement of enrichment of the pellets (235U content) inside of the rod by detection of gamma radiation by bismuth germanate (BGO) detectors using the scintillation principle. However, throughout the operation of the equipment, it was found that this measurement was not happening on a regular basis. After an intense investigation, it was verified that one of the factors that affects such measurement is the temperature at which the BGO detectors are submitted. In this way, the objective of this paper is to show the experiments and tests performed to reach the conclusion described previously, as well as to show the relation obtained between the signals collected in the detectors versus the internal temperature of the block where they are located. (author)
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2017; 5 p; INAC 2017: International Nuclear Atlantic Conference; Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil); 22-27 Oct 2017
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, DETECTION, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FUEL ELEMENTS, HEAVY NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MATERIALS TESTING, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, PELLETS, POWER REACTORS, PWR TYPE REACTORS, RADIATION DETECTION, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, SCINTILLATION COUNTERS, SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, URANIUM ISOTOPES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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