Automated Fissile Mass Estimation Python Script for the Advanced Experimental Fuel Counter (AEFC)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The Advanced Experimental Fuel Counter (AEFC) is a non-destructive assay (NDA) instrument developed to quantify the residual fissile mass in research reactor spent fuel assemblies. The system is installed in a spent fuel pool and measurements are acquired underwater. A calibration curve relates the totals and coincidence counting signal from active interrogation of the spent fuel assemblies to the fissile mass remaining in the fuel.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1994101
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--23-29021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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