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Advances in continuous gamma-ray spectrometry and applications

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6220215
Recent advances and applications in continuous Compton recoil gamma-ray spectrometry are described. Applications of continuous gamma-ray spectrometry are presented for: (1) Characterization of light water reactor (LWR) pressures vessel (PV) environments. (2) Assessment of fuel distributions for Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor recovery. (3) Measurement of LWR-PV-neutron exposure. The latest improvements attained with the Janus probe, a special in-situ configuration of Si(Li) detectors, are presented. The status of current efforts to extend the domain of applicability of this method beyond 3 MeV is discussed with emphasis on recent work carried out with Si(Li) detectors of much larger volume.
Research Organization:
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA); General Electric Co., Wilmington, NC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76FF02170
OSTI ID:
6220215
Report Number(s):
HEDL-SA-3125; CONF-840902-17; ON: DE85003018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English