MENT reconstruction and potting comparison of a LMFBR fuel bundle

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6837562

Betten, P R; Tow, D M

Since the advent of computer-assisted-tomography (CAT), the CAT techniques have been rapidly expanded to the nuclear industry. A number of investigators have applied these techniques to reconstruct the fuel bundle configuration inside a subassembly with various degrees of resolution; however, there has been little data available on the accuracy of these reconstructions, and no comparisons have been made with the internal structure of actual irradiated subassemblies. Some efforts have utilized pretest mock-ups to calibrate the CAT algorithms, but the resulting mock-up configurations do not necessarily represent an actual subassembly, so an exact comparison has been lacking. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a comparison between a CAT reconstruction of an irradiated subassembly and the destructive examination of the same subassembly.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6837562
• Report Number(s): CONF-840614-25; ON: DE84006423
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, New Orleans, LA, USA, 3 Jun 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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