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Koeberg surveillance capsule fluence determination using PCDC dosimetry cross sections and activation measurements

Conference ·
OSTI ID:55584
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Atomic Energy Corp. of South Africa Ltd., Pretoria (South Africa). Reactor Theory Programme
  2. ESKOM, Johannesburg (South Africa). Nuclear Fuel Div.
Neutron fluences were calculated for the first Reactor Vessel Surveillance (RVS) capsules extracted from Koeberg Unit 1 and 2. For the calculation of the Koeberg RVS-capsule dosimetry cross sections a calculational system (called PCDC) was developed on a 32-bit i386/i486 personal computer (PC). This system consists of pre- and post-processors, a 171-group neutron reaction cross section library, a 171-group reactor zone flux spectrum library and an interface with the SAND-II, DOSCROS-84 and IRDF-90 dosimetry libraries. The sensitivity of these cross sections was determined for different reactor model parameters, core conditions and dosimetry libraries. Using the IRDF-90 dosimetry library, a maximum difference of 15% was obtained between the fluences predicted with the non-fissionable dosimeters.
OSTI ID:
55584
Report Number(s):
CONF-930809--; ISBN 0-8031-1899-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English