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Control of Pile Power by Measurement of the Activity of the Cooling Fluid. The Particular case of EL3; CONTROLE DE LA PUISSANCE D'UNE PILE PAR LA MESURE DE L'ACTIVITE DU FLUIDE DE REFROIDISSEMENT CAS PARTICULIER DE EL 3

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4152039

In a high flux pile the presence of local absorbers makes the power difficult to measure. In any case thermodynamic measurements are sometimes not very accurate. Another possible method would be the measurement of the cooling fluid activity. This was tried on the heavy water circuit of EL3. Some qualitative indications of the various activities present in the heavy water in circulation are given. The activity of the element chosen was calculated. The results obtained from EL3 are also given. (auth)

Research Organization:
France. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris
NSA Number:
NSA-14-011255
OSTI ID:
4152039
Report Number(s):
CEA-1196
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
English