Absolute fission rate measurements in the Fast Breeder Blanket Facility

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5624760

Chow, H P

An automatic fission track scanner has been developed for fission track counting. The system consists of a scanning optical microscope and a microcomputer to perform scanning, data acquisition, and analysis. Output from this system provides the total number of tracks, a track size distribution, the locations as well as sizes of individual tracks, and a partial scanned image. Fused quartz has been found to be the most suitable recorder medium for the current system. The stability of the system has been extensively checked; a counting reproducibility of +/- 3% (one standard deviation) has been achieved. A /sup 224/Cm spontaneous fission source has been used to determine the detection efficiency of the system.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5624760
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
220600* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Research
Test & Experimental Reactors
CHALCOGENIDES
COUNTING RATEMETERS
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA ANALYSIS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
FISSION TRACKS
MINERALS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE TRACKS
QUARTZ
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES