SSTR dosimetry in critical mass measurements. [Mixed oxide fuel pins in water] [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- Pages: 6 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- As part of the Advanced Fuel Recycle Program, critical mass measurements have been made of several lattices consisting of mixed oxide (PuO/sub 2/-UO/sub 2/) fuel pin in water. In addition to providing a reliable technological basis for nuclear criticality control, these measurements are designed to provide benchmark data for validation of cross sections and calculational techniques used for mixed plutonium and uranium systems. In order to characterize some of the lattices more thoroughly, spatial fission rate distributions were measured using solid state track recorders (SSTR). These fission rate traverses cannot only be compared with calculated shapes, but since SSTR observations provide absolute fission rates, the data were also used as input to the multiple-foil unfolding code, SAND-II, to derive adjusted neutron spectra. The extremely high sensitivity of the SSTR method affords in-situ dosimetry for critical mass measurements with negligible spatial and spectral perturbations.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:hedl-sa-1762-s
E 1.99: conf-790602-84(summ.)
conf-790602-84(summ.)
hedl-sa-1762-s - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Plutonium Dioxide
- Critical Mass
- Uranium Dioxide
- Dielectric Track Detectors
- Fuel Pins
- Measuring Methods
- Water
- Actinide Compounds
- Chalcogenides
- Fuel Elements
- Hydrogen Compounds
- Measuring Instruments
- Oxides
- Oxygen Compounds
- Plutonium Compounds
- Plutonium Oxides
- Radiation Detectors
- Reactor Components
- Transuranium Compounds
- Uranium Compounds
- Uranium Oxides
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1979.
"hedl-sa-1762-s"
" conf-790602-84(summ.)"
ANS annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 3 Jun 1979.
Gold, R.; Ruddy, F. H.; Roberts, J. H.; Lippincott, E. P.; Long, C. L.
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA) - Funding Information
- EY-76-C-14-2170
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