Dounreay PFR irradiation history for the joint US/UK actinide sample exposures

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/95186· OSTI ID:95186

Raman, S; Murphy, B D; Nestor, Jr, C W ^[1]

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The operating history of the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor is presented to the extent that it is relevant to the irradiation of actinide specimens that were subsequently analyzed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Three fuel pins with actinide samples were irradiated from July 1982 to July 1988 and returned to ORNL for analysis. They contained isotopes of elements from thorium to curium. The times when each of these fuel pins were in the reactor core are described as are the operating power levels and neutron spectra. The appendices give daily power levels of the reactor as well as six-group neutron energy spectra for various times and axial positions in the core.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 95186
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-12984; ON: DE95016236; TRN: 95:018626
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
DFR REACTOR
FUEL PINS
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
ACTINIDES
NEUTRON SPECTRA
FISSION PRODUCTS
NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS
NEUTRON FLUX
COMPILED DATA