Non-destructive testing of nuclear fuel rods

Details Non-destructive testing of nuclear fuel rods Non-destructive testing of nuclear fuel rods

1988-08-31

1990-02-20

Behrend, Harvey E.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Nuclear transmutation

By neutron bombardment

376257, 376261, 376452, G21C 1700

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049024671

ABSTRACT:
Both gadolinia nuclear fuel rods and urania fuel rods are non-destructively tested to determine the enrichment concentration of the fuel pellets therein by serially conveying the gadolinia rods and the urania rod along separate test channels through an active scanner where they are irradiated from a common neutron source, and the neutron-induced gamma ray emissions are counted as a measure of the enrichment concentrations at a multiplicity of points distributed along the rod length. The enrichment counts are corrected for background radiation, variations in fuel density, and, in the case of gadolinia rods, for gadolinia content by passing these rods through a magnetometer.

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