DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF NUCLEAR SYSTEM PIPE WALL RADIATION WITH GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4735227

Seidel, R L; Williams, S L

A non-destructive radiochemical method taking advantage of transistorized gamma pulse height analyzers was developed by which the amount and nature of radioactive deposits both long and short-lived on any system surface can be determined. Additional information such as system corrosion rates and corrosion product distribution in the system can be estimated from the data. The basic measurements consist of: radiochemical analyses of corrosion products (crud) in the coolant, dose rate measurements on any system component, and gamma spectrum measurements on the component. The coolant crud sample is taken before reactor shutdown by filtering a measure quantity of the coolant. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-17-006574
• OSTI ID: 4735227
• Report Number(s): TID-15281
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COOLANTS
GAMMA RADIATION
IRRADIATION
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
PARTICLES
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PHOSPHORUS 32
PRECIPITATION
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIOACTIVITY
REACTORS
SHUTDOWN
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SPECTROSCOPY
SULFUR
TEMPERATURE
TUBES
WATER