A feasibility and optimization study to design a nondestructive ATR fuel permanent scanning system to determine fuel burnup

J. Navarro; T. A. Ring; D. W. Nigg

doi:10.1016/j.nds.2014.04.138

A feasibility and optimization study to design a nondestructive ATR fuel permanent scanning system to determine fuel burnup

J. Navarro, T. A. Ring, D. W. Nigg

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The goal of this project was to develop the best available non-destructive technique to determine burnup of the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) fuels at Idaho National Laboratory, as well as to make a recommendation regarding the feasibility of implementing a permanent fuel scanning system at the ATR canal. The study determined that useful spectra for validation and fuel burnup predictions can be obtained in-situ at the ATR canal using three different detectors. In addition, the study established that calibration curves can be created to predict ATR fuel burnup onsite. The study also established that in order to design a rugged system that can stand the daily operations at the ATR canal a LaBr3 scintillator can be used effectively if deconvolution process is applied to increase the spectra resolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	571-574
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Data Sheets
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.04.138
State	Published - Apr 2014
Externally published	Yes

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