Differences in the /sup 103/Ru and /sup 106/Ru axial distributions in (U,Pu)O/sub 2/ fuel pins. [LMFBR]
Journal Article
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· Nucl. Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5056115
A precision gamma-scanning system was applied to the nondestructive determination of the isotopic distributions of /sup 103/Ru and /sup 106/Ru in two failed (U,Pu)O/sub 2/ fuel pins irradiated in the Experimental Breeder Reactor II. Significant differences in the two distributions were measured that were related to the half-lives of the two ruthenium isotopes. The two distributions can be used to determine the relative times at which the ruthenium deposits were formed within the fuel material. This information may be used to determine nondestructively the changes within the central void region over a period of several irradiation cycles.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
- OSTI ID:
- 5056115
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 36:2; ISSN NUTYB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 1954
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Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1957
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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDER REACTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
EBR-2 REACTOR
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PINS
FUEL SCANNING
GAMMA FUEL SCANNING
GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MATERIALS TESTING
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RUTHENIUM 103
RUTHENIUM 106
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
TESTING
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDER REACTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
EBR-2 REACTOR
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PINS
FUEL SCANNING
GAMMA FUEL SCANNING
GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MATERIALS TESTING
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RUTHENIUM 103
RUTHENIUM 106
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
TESTING
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES