Abstract
This report was prepared by a Consultants Group which met during 12-15 June 1989 at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Yugoslavia, and during 11-13 July 1990 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with subsequent contributions from the Consultants. The report is intended to provide information to research reactor operators and managers on the different, most commonly used methods of determining research reactor fuel burnup: (1) reactor physics calculations, (2) measurement of reactivity effects, and (3) gamma ray spectrometry. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. References are provided to assist the reactor operator planning to establish a programme for burnup determination of fuel. Destructive techniques are not included since such techniques are expensive, time consuming, and not normally performed by the reactor operators. In this report, TRIGA fuel elements are used in most examples to describe the methods. The same techniques however can be used for research reactors which use different types of fuel elements. 22 refs, 13 figs, 2 tabs.
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title = {Determination of research reactor fuel burnup}
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abstractNote = {This report was prepared by a Consultants Group which met during 12-15 June 1989 at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Yugoslavia, and during 11-13 July 1990 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with subsequent contributions from the Consultants. The report is intended to provide information to research reactor operators and managers on the different, most commonly used methods of determining research reactor fuel burnup: (1) reactor physics calculations, (2) measurement of reactivity effects, and (3) gamma ray spectrometry. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. References are provided to assist the reactor operator planning to establish a programme for burnup determination of fuel. Destructive techniques are not included since such techniques are expensive, time consuming, and not normally performed by the reactor operators. In this report, TRIGA fuel elements are used in most examples to describe the methods. The same techniques however can be used for research reactors which use different types of fuel elements. 22 refs, 13 figs, 2 tabs.}
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title = {Determination of research reactor fuel burnup}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {This report was prepared by a Consultants Group which met during 12-15 June 1989 at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Yugoslavia, and during 11-13 July 1990 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with subsequent contributions from the Consultants. The report is intended to provide information to research reactor operators and managers on the different, most commonly used methods of determining research reactor fuel burnup: (1) reactor physics calculations, (2) measurement of reactivity effects, and (3) gamma ray spectrometry. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. References are provided to assist the reactor operator planning to establish a programme for burnup determination of fuel. Destructive techniques are not included since such techniques are expensive, time consuming, and not normally performed by the reactor operators. In this report, TRIGA fuel elements are used in most examples to describe the methods. The same techniques however can be used for research reactors which use different types of fuel elements. 22 refs, 13 figs, 2 tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1992}
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